zip
- noun
- /zɪp/
- Slang
- I'll be the first to admit I know zip about Virginia law.
- zip and zero
- got zip
- know zip
Like I'm on a three day business trip right now, no laptop zip.
- Like I'm on a three day business trip right now, no laptop zip.
Examples
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The GOP will do what they always do, which is zip, zero, nada.
Blog text (5) -
Everybody else has the power, and I got zip!
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We got zip on this guy.
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But if they lose we get zip.
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Pretty soon you'll be down to nothing, zero, zip.
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We've got zip, and I'm about out of monkey parts.
Fiction book (1993) -
I don't know zip, P. Diddy.
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Trusting him is like trusting the Obama administration, which is zero, zip, and absolutely stupid.
Blog text (5) -
None, nada, zip!
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When it comes to the offers, I got zip compared to what others received.
Synonyms
An amount that is nothing
The state of having no value, result, or importance
No amount or value, meaning nothing at all
No thing present in a place or situation
Nothing of value or importance
A score or total of zero
Having no amount or value
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Compounds
- UK
A thing that closes clothes or bags by joining two rows of teeth with a sliding tab
How Much
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember the slang zip meaning 'nothing' is to think of the short, sharp sound 'zip' used to mean 'zero', so if you say you got zip you mean you got nothing.