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  • verb Present participle of zip.

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Examples

  • The second cool feature about "zipping" is that it can zip a bunch of files into one file, which makes it easier to email or download.

    What’s a ‘zipped’ file? | Sync Blog 2007

  • A quick trip to the website on another computer and my Toshiba was once again zipping across the Web -- saved from the hammer-bashing that I was about to give it.

    Mysterious loss of Internet access caused by security software 2008

  • In this talk, though, he did not consider the background knowledge of the listeners, most of whom were teachers hearing about value-added for the first time and one could almost see the bullets of jargon zipping past their ears.

    Gerald Bracey: Value Subtracted: A "Debate" with William Sanders 2008

  • Even if rolled-down windows eke out a win at all but the highest speeds, the Lantern realizes that many drivers will balk at the idea of zipping along the highway while exposed to the elements.

    Slate Magazine 2010

  • “Svolochi,” he mutters in Russian, zipping up his jacket—bastards.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • “Svolochi,” he mutters in Russian, zipping up his jacket—bastards.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • Mr. Ryan said Mr. Sanchez was "zipping" the ball at Thursday's practice, which helped alleviate Mr. Ryan's concerns about Mr. Sanchez's sore throwing shoulder.

    NFL Fines Jets Over Tripping Incident 2010

  • Given the context, what literate person won't make a connection between "zipping" and "zipless," especially when the person with whom Clinton is zipping is a billionaire bachelor buddy?...

    Archive 2006-05-01 Ann Althouse 2006

  • Anecdotally, we've heard that some people are, in spite of those long lines, are kind of zipping in and out.

    CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2004 2004

  • But once the sheep began to hear and see the stones "zipping" in the water around them, some of the woollies feeling the pebbles -- though only slightly -- a new problem was presented to the

    The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders Willard F. Baker

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