Usually means: Fasten or compress; energy, speed.
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We found 57 dictionaries that define the word Zip:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. zip: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. zip: Merriam-Webster
  3. zip: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. zip: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. zip: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ZIP, zip: Vocabulary.com
  7. Zip, zip: Wordnik
  8. zip: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. ZIP, zip: Wiktionary
  10. zip: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. zip: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. zip: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. zip: Dictionary.com
  14. zip (adj.), zip (n.), zip (v.1), zip (v.2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. zip: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. ZIP (file format), ZIP (magazine), ZIP, Zip (airline), Zip (disambiguation), Zip (file format), Zip (function), Zip (game), Zip, .zip: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. zip: Rhymezone
  18. zip: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. ZIP: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. zip: FreeDictionary.org
  21. zip: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. zip: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Zip: World Wide Words
  24. zip: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. zip: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. zip: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. zip: CCI Computer
  3. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  4. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  5. zip: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  6. Glossary of Internet Terms (No longer online)
  7. Zip: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  8. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  9. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  10. Webopedia (No longer online)
  11. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  12. ZIP (file format), Zip (disambiguation), zip: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ZIP, Zip (disambiguation): Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ZIP: Acronym Finder
  2. ZIP: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. zip: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Zip: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Slang (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Zip (offensive), Zip (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip, zip: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Zip: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  5. zip: ESL Slang page

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Zip: Fifthchair Bridge

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  2. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  3. ZIP, .zip: Web Hosting Glossary

(Note: See zipless as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ZIP)

noun:  The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
noun:  (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
noun:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A zip fastener.
noun:  (slang) Zero; nothing.
noun:  A trip on a zipline.
noun:  (computing, informal) A zip file.
noun:  (programming) Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”)
noun:  (slang) An ounce of marijuana.
verb:  (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
verb:  (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
verb:  (transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
verb:  (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
verb:  (intransitive, colloquial, followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
verb:  (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
verb:  To travel on a zipline.
noun:  (US) A zip code.
noun:  (file format, uncountable) A common file format for data compression.
noun:  (computing, informal) A zip file.
noun:  (US, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Sicilian or Italian Mafioso who is relatively new to the United States.
noun:  Ellipsis of zip code. [(US) A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number.]
noun:  (US) Acronym of Zone Improvement Plan. (see ZIP Code)

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