zip

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
zip/zɪp/

▶noun

• 1 chiefly Brit. a fastener consisting of two flexible strips of metal or plastic with interlocking projections closed or opened by pulling a slide along them.

• 2 informal energy; vigour.

▶pronoun N. Amer. informal nothing at all. ▶verb (zips, zipping, zipped)

• 1 fasten with a zip.

• 2 informal move or propel at high speed.

• 3 Computing compress (a file) so that it takes up less space.

– origin C19: imitative.