zip

1 noun

1 (C) BrE two lines of small metal or plastic pieces that slide together to fasten a piece of clothing; zipper especially AmE: The zip on my skirt had broken. | do up/undo your zip (=close or open a piece of clothing using a zip): Your zip's undone at the back.

2 (U) informal if someone or something has zip, they can do something quickly and with a lot of energy: This car goes with a bit more zip than my last one.

3 (singular) AmE informal nothing at all or zero: We beat them 10 to zip. | “How much money have you got left?” “Zip!”

2 verb zipped, zipping

1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to open or shut something using a zip

(+ in/inside): The money was safely zipped inside my jacket. | zip sth shut/open: Olsen zipped the bag shut.

2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) informal to do something or go somewhere very quickly

(+ through/past/along etc): We zipped through customs in no time.

3 zip your lip AmE spoken used to tell someone not to say anything about something, or to tell them to be quiet: You'd better zip your lip or you'll be in trouble!

zip up phrasal verb (T)

1 zip sth up to fasten a piece of clothing using a zip: Zip your jacket up - you'll get cold.

—opposite unzip

2 (zip someone up) to close the zip on a piece of clothing that someone else is wearing: “Could you zip me up please? I can't reach.”