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Synonyms for zip

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Antonyms for zip

noun. liveliness; activity

noun. pungency; stinging sensation

noun. spring

verb. work quickly through task

noun. spirit

Word Origin & History

"move rapidly," 1852, of echoic origin. Related: Zipped; zipping. Zip gun "homemade pistol" first recorded 1950.

“Not a duck, Zip,” said Sunny, shaking his head sorrowfully.

It had been the "zip" that had knocked out the five Leopards.

And of her own accord, Tabby never would, had not Zip put her up to it.

But to Zip's dismay, the soot would not come off as the mud and dough had.

When the waitress stumbled, she fell on Zip, pinning him under her.

It fitted loosely, so slipped off easily, and Zip peered in.

But, after a while, Zip Coon became so fierce that Isabella didn't know what to do with him.

Zip had a long, low body, covered with stiff yellowish hair.

On the door of his house was printed in red letters, "Zip Coon: he bites."

The whizz and zip of the bullet seemed to be only a few inches from my ear.