zip

Meaning

1. A twist or fold.
2. Any of the folds on the surface of the brain.
3. The shape of something rotating; a vortex.
4. State or condition of being convoluted.
5. A form of moving average.
6. A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.
7. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
8. Energy; vigor; vim.
9. A zip fastener.
10. Zero; nothing.
11. A trip on a zipline.
12. A zip file.
13. To close with a zip fastener.
14. To close as if with a zip fastener.
15. To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
16. To subject to the convolution mapping function.
17. (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
18. (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
19. Zero; nothing.
20. Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
21. A ZIP code; a US postal code.
22. (by extension) Any postal code, for any country.

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Sources

1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data