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What does zip mean? Is zip a Scrabble word?

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Is zip a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word zip is a Scrabble US word. The word zip is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

Z10I1P3

Is zip a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word zip is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

Z10I1P3

Is zip a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word zip is a Words With Friends word. The word zip is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Z10I1P4

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3-letter words (1 found)

ZIP,

2-letter words (1 found)

PI,

You can make 2 words from zip according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of zip

zip izp zpi pzi ipz piz

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Definitions and meaning of zip

zip

Pronunciation

  • enPR: zĭp, IPA(key): /zɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

zip (plural zips)

  1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  2. (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
  3. (British, New Zealand, Australia) A zip fastener.
  4. (slang) Zero; nothing.
  5. A trip on a zipline.
  6. (computing, informal) A zip file.
  7. (programming) Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”)
  8. (slang) An ounce of marijuana.
Synonyms
  • (sound): whizz, zing
  • (fastener): slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)
Translations

Interjection

zip

  1. (onomatopoeia) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Synonyms
  • whee, whizz, zing
Translations

Verb

zip (third-person singular simple present zips, present participle zipping, simple past and past participle zipped)

  1. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
    zip one's lip
  3. (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
  4. (transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
  5. (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
    The bullet zipped through the air.
  6. (intransitive, colloquial, followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
    Zip down to the shops for some milk.
  7. (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
  8. To travel on a zipline.
Synonyms
  • (close with a zip fastener): zip up
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Noun

zip (plural zips)

  1. Ellipsis of zip code.
Translations

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zip/

Noun

zip

  1. zipper

References

  • Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Spanish

Noun

zip m (plural zips)

  1. (computing) zip

Source: wiktionary.org