zip

/zɪp/ verb (present participle zipping, past tense and past participle zipped)

Definition

› [T] (also zip up) to fasten something with a zip: He zipped up his jacket.

› (also zip up) to reduce the size of a computer file (= collection of information) so that it uses less space and can be sent or stored more easily

zip along/around/past, etc informal › to move somewhere very quickly

(Definition of zip verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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