zip
verb
[ zɪp ]
• fasten with a zip.
• "he zipped up his waterproof"
• move at high speed.
• "swallows zipped back and forth across the lake"
Similar:
speed,
hurry,
race,
run,
sprint,
dash,
bolt,
dart,
rush,
hasten,
hurtle,
career,
streak,
shoot,
whizz,
zoom,
go like lightning,
go hell for leather,
spank along,
bowl along,
rattle along,
whirl,
whoosh,
buzz,
swoop,
flash,
blast,
charge,
stampede,
gallop,
sweep,
hare,
fly,
wing,
scurry,
scud,
scutter,
scramble,
belt,
pelt,
tear,
hotfoot it,
zap,
whip,
scoot,
scorch,
burn rubber,
go like a bat out of hell,
bomb,
bucket,
shift,
put one's foot down,
go like the clappers,
leg it,
wheech,
clip,
boogie,
hightail,
barrel,
lay rubber,
get the lead out,
fleet,
post,
hie,
drive,
drag/tear/haul ass,
• compress (a file) so that it takes less space in storage.
zip
noun
• a device consisting of two flexible strips of metal or plastic with interlocking projections closed or opened by pulling a slide along them, used to fasten garments, bags, and other items.
• energy; vigour.
• "he's full of zip"
Similar:
enthusiasm,
zest,
zestfulness,
appetite,
relish,
gusto,
eagerness,
keenness,
avidity,
zeal,
fervour,
ardour,
passion,
love,
enjoyment,
joy,
delight,
pleasure,
excitement,
vigour,
verve,
liveliness,
sparkle,
fizz,
effervescence,
fire,
animation,
vitality,
dynamism,
energy,
buoyancy,
brio,
bounce,
pep,
spirit,
spiritedness,
exuberance,
high spirits,
high-spiritedness,
zing,
oomph,
vim,
pizzazz,
get-up-and-go,
zip
pronoun
• nothing at all.
• "you got zip to do with me and my kind, buddy"
Origin:
mid 19th century: imitative.
