Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To close with a zip fastener. · To close as if with a zip fastener. · To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format. · To subject to the convolution mapping function.
The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air. · Energy; vigor; vim. · A zip fastener. · Zero; nothing.
Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Onomatopoeic.
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