noun
- A quantity of no importance.
- usage: "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
- A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail.
- synonyms: ZIP code, postcode, postal code
- Forceful exertion.
- usage: "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"
- A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab.
- synonyms: slide fastener, zipper, zip fastener
verb
- Close with a zipper.
- usage: "Zip up your jacket-it's cold"
- Move very fast.
- usage: "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
- synonyms: travel rapidly, speed, hurry
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