as in energy
active strength of body or mind
he has surprising zip for a man his age
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as in to dart
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
the fly zipped around the room, trying to find a way to the outside
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as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
knowing that she was already late, she went zipping off to meet her next client
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Recent Examples of zip
Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
Avoid plastic wrap or zip-top bags, and instead wrap your cheese in parchment paper, wax paper, beeswax wraps, or cheese paper, giving it a chance to breathe while retaining its moisture.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
Pien Huang, NPR, 6 Feb. 2026
One of the relief candidates could zip to the majors and have some impact in August or September, such as Craig.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Yell Extreme Park was part of the property, a hub for adventure with horseback riding, zip-lining, rock climbing, off-roading and hiking.
—Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
Avoid plastic wrap or zip-top bags, and instead wrap your cheese in parchment paper, wax paper, beeswax wraps, or cheese paper, giving it a chance to breathe while retaining its moisture.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
Watching from the stands means getting a glimpse of some behind-the-scenes magic, like cameras zipping across cables overhead and the talent — whether dressed as Italian opera masters, architectural marvels, chefs or Pinocchio — waiting in the wings between acts.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 6 Feb. 2026
One of the relief candidates could zip to the majors and have some impact in August or September, such as Craig.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zip
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Her Sunnyside restaurant feels like a celebration of cultures, flowing with fruit-forward cocktails, as tables share stews like the red lentil misir humming with heat and warmed with cardamom and cloves.—
Andrea Strong,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Feb. 2026
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Memphis’ offense continued to hum after halftime, taking a 98-85 lead into the fourth quarter.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Schools of fish drifted one above the other in a shifting, shimmering mesh, as neon-bright parrotfish, damselfish, and Moorish idols darted by.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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Commercial airplanes dart by, but one chartered flight sits parked away from the gates, a set of stairs pulled up to its open door.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
6 Feb. 2026
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Early in my freshman year of college, a speeding car struck my twin brother, Jim, on a street near our campus.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Warren tore her other ACL at the end of her college soccer career, recovered and relocated to Salt Lake City to commit to speed skating full-time, only to need another surgery a year later to clear up issues from the previous procedure.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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In San Juan and nearby communities, neighborhoods buzzed as the Super Bowl itself faded into the background and attention turned entirely to Bad Bunny’s 13 minutes on stage.—
Martin Silva Rey,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Seven buzzed the air above the three-compartment sink and three kept landing on a box of avocados next to the cookline.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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Even at 4 degrees below zero, waxwings flitted outside our room, which had a sauna large enough to be its own hotel room.—
Boris Fishman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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Here’s what to do to get rid of pesky moths flitting around indoors.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2026
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If the Pats can hit or hurry Darnold, that may be enough to yield an outcome as good as, if not better than, a sack.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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John Helmick hurried to book a flight to San Antonio from his home in Las Vegas after learning his former cross-country coach at Texas had entered the end-of-life stage of hospice care.—
Tom Orsborn,
San Antonio Express-News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Robinson’s attorneys have ramped up claims of bias as the case has advanced, even accusing news outlets of using lip readers to deduce what the defendant is whispering to his attorneys during court hearings.—
Matthew Brown,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Her lips moved only to whisper to herself.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The hand in motion, the fluttering scarf, the sparkling outfit.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
9 Feb. 2026
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As the early swooning over Newsom suggests, some voters’ hearts are fluttering over the prospect of his candidacy.—
Bret Stephens,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Zip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zip. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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