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The correct spelling is zip.
How to pronounce zip
/zɪp/
nounIPA: /zɪp/
Say it like: Zip
The correct spelling is zip. A twist or fold. For example: "I know zip about economics."
Usage Examples
“I know zip about economics.”
“zip one's lip”
“The bullet zipped through the air.”
Meanings
noun
- 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.
verb
- 1.To close with a zip fastener.
- 2.To close as if with a zip fastener.
- 3.To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
- 4.To subject to the convolution mapping function.
- 5.(followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
pronoun
- 1.Zero; nothing.
interjection
- 1.Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
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