Zit vs Zip - What's the difference?
zit | zip |
(US, slang) pimple
* 1968 , J. Lawrence Hagen, "Pinball 1959", Generation volume 20–21, page 182:
* 1987 , 00:06:35:
The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Energy; vigor; vim.
(British, NZ) A zip fastener.
Zero; nothing.
A trip on a zipline.
(computing, informal) A zip file.
To close with a zip fastener.
(figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
(computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
(followed by a preposition ) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
(colloquial) (followed by a preposition ) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
To make (something) move quickly
* {{quote-news
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To travel on a zipline.
(US) Shortened form of ZIP code, the US postal code.
(US) Any postal code, for any country.
As nouns the difference between zit and zip
is that zit is pimple while zip is the high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.As an interjection zip is
the high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.As a verb zip is
to close with a zip fastener.zit
English
Noun
(en noun)- I can't help thinking how little good all that working out did him. I think the only thing he ever got out of it was more zits .
- Brad: Sara, did you take my Clearasil again? Sara: I ran out of brown (paint). Brad: Great. How am I supposed to cover up my zits ?
Synonyms
* acker, akker (Archaic Australian slang)See also
* acne * blackhead * pimple * spot ----zip
English
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (sound) whizz, zing * (fastener) slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US )Synonyms
* whee!, whizz!, zing!Verb
- zip one's lip
- The bullet zipped through the air.
- Zip down to the shops for some milk.
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