zip up

verb, adj — 4 senses

zip up

verbalso spelled zip-up

1

To close with a zip fastener.

Always check if you've zipped up your fly before you go out.

2

Idiomatic To close as if with a zip fastener, especially one's mouth; to stop talking.

I'll zip up my lip.
I'll zip up.

1 more example

Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick) is terminally incapable of zipping it up.1998, Monica Sullivan, VideoHound's Independent Film Guide, page 18:

3

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software To convert a computer file into a smaller package.

Synonyms: do up, zip
Antonyms: undo, unzip, zip down
Derived terms: zip up one's lip
Related terms: zip-up

zip-up

adj

1

Fastened by means of a zip.

Ever since actor and WH cover star Alexandra Daddario slow-mo jogged onto our screens in the Baywatch reboot, we’ve been wondering what she did to look that fit in a red zip-up swimsuit.2023 March 20, Rebecca Gillam, Bridie Wilkins, “Alexandra Daddario and her PT on how she built her Baywatch bod + her 10 regular workout rules”, in Women's Health:

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