Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Zip

/(zĭp)/ · IPA /zɪp/

01 n. A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying bullet.

1.
A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying bullet.
2.
a quantity of no importance.[informal]
3.
a device for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab.

Syn. nothing, nihil, nichts, nix, nada, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, zero, zilch. — Syn. -- slide fastener, zipper, zip-fastener.

02 v. i. To make, or move with, a sound like a zip{1}.

1.
To make, or move with, a sound like a zip{1}.