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Interjection

zip

1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

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.
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.
6. (intransitive, colloquial) (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
7. (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
8. To travel on a zipline.

Etymology 2

From zip code

Noun

zip (plural zips)

1. (US) A ZIP code; a US postal code.
2. (US, by extension) Any postal code, for any country.