English to English
noun
- a quantity of no importance
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
source: WordNet 3.0
- forceful exertion
He plays tennis with great energy.
He's full of zip.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
source: WordNet 3.0
- A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying bullet.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- close with a zipper
Zip up your jacket--it's cold.
source: WordNet 3.0
- move very fast
The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To make, or move with, such a sound.
source: Webster 1913
