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Meanings of zip (zipping) in English

Portuguese
zero
Catalan
zero
Spanish
cero
Wikidata

A quantity of no importance.

      zero
      Portuguese
      fecho ecler
      Catalan
      cremallera
      Spanish
      zíper
      Wikidata

      A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab.

            fecho ecler
            Wikidata

            Close with a zipper.

                Portuguese
                código de endereçamento postal
                Catalan
                codi postal

                A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail.

                      código de endereçamento postal
                      Usage of zipping in English
                      1
                      No telling what might come zipping through, given enough time, is there?
                      Broken angels
                      2
                      As I started to lower him, I heard a rope zipping freely.
                      Climbing Magazine
                      3
                      Great-thenwhat did you have to go zipping off to Earth for?
                      Year Zero
                      4
                      The Internet is a lot of fat strings with packets zipping through.
                      Joe Burke's Last Stand
                      5
                      After zipping my backpack, I casually look over my shoulder he's gone.
                      Pivot Point
                      6
                      We race through the crumbling roads, zipping around large cracks and holes.
                      Altered
                      7
                      I see them zipping around and say, now there's a cool ride.
                      Is it just me?: or is it nuts out there?
                      8
                      Reaching into the backseat while zipping down a busy boulevard probably is.
                      Wired
                      9
                      At the next heave a second bullet went zipping past, perilously near.
                      Tales of the Fish Patrol
                      10
                      The only sound came from the food-pellet robot zipping through its routine.
                      Artemis Fowl: the time paradox
                      11
                      Before zipping our LCGs fully closed, we attached biosensors to our chests.
                      Riding rockets
                      12
                      A zipping gesture on his chest indicated that I should suit up.
                      Grave Secrets
                      13
                      While he stared, Sheila came out, finishing the zipping of her airsuit.
                      Police Your Planet
                      14
                      Twice Ledford was awakened by the sound of Japanese Zeros zipping overhead.
                      The marrowbone marble company
                      15
                      The trains were zipping around the bends and racing between the hills.
                      Boy’s Life
                      16
                      Are there giant pillow-stuffed crates zipping back and forth on cargo planes?
                      Wired