Zipped

a sudden, brief hissing sound, as of a bullet.
informal. energy; vim; vigor.
to move with a zipping sound.
informal. to act or move with speed or energy:
i’ll just zip upstairs.
to convey with speed and energy:
i’ll zip you downtown on my motorcycle.
to add vitality or zest to (usually followed by up):
a little garlic zips up a salad.
to fasten or unfasten with a zipper:
zip your jacket. zip open the traveling case.
to enclose or free by doing up or undoing a zipper:
zip this money into your wallet. zip me out of my dress.
computers. to compress (a file) in archive format, so it requires less memory to save and store it.
to become fastened or unfastened by means of a zipper:
a handy purse that zips shut.
to do up or undo a zipper.
a zipper.
utilizing or having a zipper:
a coat with a zip front.
computers. of or relating to a method of file compression:
a zip file.
(initial capital letter) trademark. noting or relating to a floppy disk form of storage for computer data with a capacity of 100–750 mb, used primarily in the 1990s: a zip drive;
a zip disk.
zero or nothing:
the score of last night’s hockey game was 4–zip.
(in sports) to defeat by keeping an opponent from scoring:
the home team was zipped again yesterday.
contemporary examples

utah’s murderer mom is a monster but she’s not the first steve miller april 15, 2014
federer breaks his silence joshua robinson september 5, 2010
5 questions for paul smith tom sykes february 16, 2013
fire in the sky! the russian meteor’s aftermath anna nemtsova february 14, 2013
danger stalks lucas davenport daily beast promotions may 10, 2009

historical examples

null-abc henry beam piper and john joseph mcguire
wind charles louis fontenay
the door through sp-ce marion zimmer bradley
the worshippers damon francis knight
monkey on his back charles v. de vet

noun

also called zip fastener. a fastening device operating by means of two parallel rows of metal or plastic teeth on either side of a closure that are interlocked by a sliding tab us and canadian term zipper
(modifier) having or equipped with such a device: a zip bag

a short sharp whizzing sound, as of a p-ssing bullet
(informal) energy; vigour; vitality
(us, slang) nothing
(sport, us & canadian, slang) nil
verb zips, zipping, zipped
(transitive) often foll by up. to fasten (clothing, a bag, etc) with a zip
(intransitive) to move with a zip: the bullet zipped past
(intransitive; often foll by along, through, etc) to hurry; rush: they zipped through town
(transitive) (computing) to compress (a file) in order to reduce the amount of memory required to store it or to make sending it electronically quicker
noun
trademark (nz) an electric water heater
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a quip, esp one that is somewhat cruel and aggressive; a funny crack or punch line: watt’s offthe-cuff zingers have been a frequent source of pain for the reagan administration/ the plump little actor is polished and funny; his zingers stay zung
a quick and sharp response; a st-rdy retort: get right in there with williams, stand eyeball to eyeball, and plant the zinger on him, bang, or else you would be dismissed (1950+)

a mark or grade of zero
zero; nothing; a score of zero; zilch: people aren’t exactly beating down the doors to buy california port. ”the market is zip, zero, and not too much”/ dipped into your moneybag and found zippo

compressed file
zone improvement plan
zone information protocol