The difference between Zip and Zip up
When used as verbs, zip means to close with a zip fastener, whereas zip up means to close with a zip fastener.
Zip is also interjection with the meaning: the high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Zip is also noun with the meaning: the high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Zip is also pronoun with the meaning: zero.
check bellow for the other definitions of Zip and Zip up
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Zip as a noun:
The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
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Zip as a noun (informal):
Energy; vigor; vim.
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Zip as a noun (British, NZ):
A zip fastener.
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Zip as a noun (slang):
Zero; nothing.
Examples:
"I know zip about economics."
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Zip as a noun:
A trip on a zipline.
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Zip as a noun (computing, informal):
A zip file.
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Zip as a noun (programming):
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Zip as a noun (slang):
An ounce of marijuana.
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Zip as a pronoun (slang):
Zero; nothing.
Examples:
"I know zip about economics."
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Zip as a verb (transitive):
To close with a zip fastener.
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Zip as a verb (transitive, figuratively):
To close as if with a zip fastener.
Examples:
"zip one's lip"
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Zip as a verb (transitive, computing):
To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
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Zip as a verb (transitive, programming):
To subject to the convolution mapping function.
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Zip as a verb (intransitive):
(followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
Examples:
"The bullet zipped through the air."
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Zip as a verb (intransitive, colloquial):
(followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
Examples:
"Zip down to the shops for some milk."
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Zip as a verb (transitive):
To make (something) move quickly
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Zip as a verb:
To travel on a zipline.
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Zip as a noun (US):
A ZIP code; a US postal code.
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Zip as a noun (US, by extension):
Any postal code, for any country.
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Zip up as a verb:
To close with a zip fastener.
Examples:
"Always check if you've zipped up your [[fly]] before you go out."
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Zip up as a verb (idiomatic, transitive, or, intransitive):
To close as if with a zip fastener.
Examples:
"I'll zip up my lip."
"I'll zip up."
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Zip up as a verb:
To convert a computer file into a smaller package.