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to zip

to zip

55 1.0
To close something by moving a sliding tab that joins two rows of teeth
  • verb
  • /zɪp/
translation icon : cerrar la cremallera
  • Just zip it up like a normal zipper!
  • zip the zipper
  • zip your pants
  • zip your fly

So here, let's see if we can zip it open.

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Examples

  • Kathryn had long ago given up telling Mattie to zip up her jacket or put on a hat.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Zip up your coat.

    Deck the Halls (2006)

  • You part the door, come and zip it up, and then zip it.

  • If you want to do this, you zip them up very cute.

  • Would you zip me up, please?

    Deep Blue Sea (1999)

  • Oh, you girls remembered to zip up your tent and lock up your food, right?

    Along Came Wanda (2021)

  • Jasmine is kneeling as Dylan tries to zip up the back of her dress.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Giving up, he zips up his sweatshirt, getting the zipper caught in his new chest hair.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Please zip up your jacket before going outside.

  • Can you zip up my dress at the back?

Synonyms

to button
vsto zip
84 1.0

To close clothing by pushing small round things through holes

uses a sliding fastener rather than sewn fasteners
to zip up
vsto zip
18 1.7

To close clothes or a bag with a zipper

is the same action but as a phrasal verb used for garments
to zipper
vsto zip
  • US
4 2.3

To close clothes or bags by moving a sliding piece along two rows of teeth

is the same action but named as a short verb
to clasp
vsto zip
3 3.0

To fasten something with a small hook or buckle

uses a sliding fastener rather than buckles or clips

Antonyms

to unzip
19 1.3

Open clothes or bags by pulling the small piece of the zipper

Idioms

to zip someone's lip
  • Informal
8.4

To keep quiet and not tell others about something

Phrasal Verbs

to zip up
18 1.7

To close clothes or a bag with a zipper

to zip by
  • Informal
3 3.6

To pass very quickly, as when a car goes by or time moves fast

to zip over
  • Informal
1 5.1

To go quickly to a nearby place for a short visit

to zip up
  • Specialized
1 4.1

To compress files into a .zip file

to zip a file
  • Specialized
3.5

To put more than one file into one smaller file for sending or saving

Compounds

ZIP code
  • US
35 1.6

A group of numbers used in a United States postal address to sort mail

zip gun
  • NSFW
2 9.9

A simple homemade pistol made from spare parts

zip fastener
  • UK
2.3

A thing that closes clothes or bags by joining two rows of teeth with a sliding tab

How Fastened

to lock
∞ 1.0
to fasten
68 1.6
to zip
55 1.0
to close
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

zip infinitive
zipped past
zipped past participle
zipping present participle
zips third person singular

Etymology

Zip as a verb meaning to close something with a zipper comes from the same 'zip' sound and the name zipper, which is why to zip is to fasten or close with that device.