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zip

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noun (2)

as in nothing
the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it I've got zip as far as new ideas go

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verb

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as in to dart
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements the fly zipped around the room, trying to find a way to the outside

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Recent Examples of zip
Noun
From a padded laptop sleeve for your tech to multiple zip pockets for quick-access items, it’s built to keep your essentials secure and your look polished, wherever work takes you—a choice carry-on backpack, for sure. Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2024 There's a padded laptop sleeve, two interior side pockets that can hold mini-umbrellas or even a flat shoe, a small zip pocket hidden inside the exterior V-shape sleeve that holds a phone, and a luggage pass-through on the other side. Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
The train zips through verdant farmland and swampy rice paddies and into the darkness of mountain tunnels. Christine Chung, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025 When snow flurries fall on Seeley Lake, Montana, snowmobilers zip into the backcountry for another day of powdery bliss. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for zip 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zip
Verb
  • So, the economy is humming, and the Fed finally admits it.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Perhaps this staging area includes the steampunk-ish hell-basement filled with ominously crackling and humming electrical equipment that sucks Cooper through a portal (sans shoes, like a religious pilgrim entering a house of worship) and reincarnates him on the floor of Dougie’s secret other place.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • There are some dandy dividends ready to dart higher.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Fifty feet ahead, across a small depression, something darted through the cover.
    Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Once inaugurated, President Trump can speed things along by gathering the remnants of America’s sleepy and fragmented maritime bureaucracy under the umbrella of an empowered and dynamic maritime leader—in a new Cabinet-level post or a high-level Directorship at the National Security Council.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Graphic by Sohail Al-Jamea & David Newcomb The bicycle lane on Stockton Boulevard is barely two feet wide in most places, leaving cyclists a few inches from speeding traffic.
    Ryan Lillis, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • While Altadena, which has a large Latino population, was burning, social media started buzzing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was nearby conducting a raid, Salas said.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Only male cicadas sing or make that buzzing noise they’re known for.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Much as all this is undeniable catnip for social media feeds, the actual experience is lushly analog, with days spent flitting between hammocks and the steam room, hot tub, and cold plunge tucked inside a dramatic temescal.
    Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
  • As artists like Chappell Roan and Reneé Rapp dominated the festival circuit, Eilish’s odes to flirtation and feasting flitted around the Hot 100’s top 40.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Pope took a series of pictures with her phone, her hands shaking, and hurried back around the house and into her apartment.
    Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Wildfires raged across Southern California on Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead and prompting thousands of evacuations as blazes closed in on Los Angeles neighborhoods like the Pacific Palisades and residents hurried to escape.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Pulling the lever for Ann made my young Texan feminist heart flutter.
    Ilyse Hogue, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Native to areas of the Mediterranean such as Greece, Italy, Turkey, and Israel, this low-growing plant has delicate flowers that flutter on long stems above silvery or variegated leaves.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Foster, fascinated by machines—and perhaps most appreciative of other people when they’re seen from an L. S. Lowry-like distance—had taken to flying gliders, and then planes.
    Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • As guesses fly around the room—parrots, pythons, adopted children, and even beef brisket—the ladies are left trying to figure out what Toya could possibly be revealing.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Zip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zip. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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