zipy.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To stop talking; keep a secret; shut your mouth; be quiet. * /The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip./ * /John wanted to talk, but Dan told him to keep his lip buttoned./ Syn.: KEEP ONE'S MOUTH SHUT, SHUT UP.

zipy.html - See: BUTTON ONE'S LIP.

zipy.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a light fast sound, as of a bullet passing through air.
2 energy, vigour.
3 esp. Brit. a (in full zip-fastener) a fastening device of two flexible strips with interlocking projections closed or opened by pulling a slide along them. b (attrib.) having a zip-fastener (zip bag).

--v.

(zipped, zipping)
1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) fasten with a zip-fastener.
2 intr. move with zip or at high speed. [imit.]

zipy.html - n.
US a system of postal codes consisting of five-digit numbers. [zone improvement plan]

zipy.html - n. & v.
esp. US --n.

a zip-fastener.

--v.

tr. (often foll. by up) fasten with a zipper.

zippered adj.

zipy.html - adj.
(zippier, zippiest) colloq.
1 bright, fresh, lively.
2 fast, speedy.

zippily adv. zippiness n.