zip

1. n. nothing.

□ There was no mail today. Nothing. Zip.

□ I got zip from the booking agency all week.

2. n. a score or grade of zero.

□ Well, you got zip on the last test. Sorry about that.

□ The prof said that zip is better than nothing, but I don’t see how it could be.

3. n. vigor; spunk.

□ Put some zip into it. It’s too ho-hum.

□ This whole thing lacks the zip it needs to survive.

4. in. to move to a place fast.

□ I’ll zip to the office and get a new form.

□ He’s just zipped out to get pizza.

5. n. a worthless person; a person who amounts to zero.

□ Who is that silly zip carrying all the books?

□ Garth is such a zip. No brains in his head at all.