Sentence examples for zip from inspiring English sources

The word "zip" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as an informal verb meaning "to move quickly" or an informal noun meaning "a zipper." For example, "She zipped across the room to answer the phone."

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zip

noun

The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

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It's a few hours' bus ride away via towns such as Carmelo, from where launches zip day-trippers from Buenos Aires across the River Plate to marvel at rusting fishing boats and overgrown cobblestone streets.

Speedy sub Minchington added some zip to the Saints after coming off the bench, but the Tigers kept the Saints at bay as Cotchin booted his fifth goal of the match.

When you zip over the undulating flyovers of mid-town Mumbai, you pass the last of the chawls – low-income housing for the millworkers of Mumbai, built in a time when the city's was a productive economy rather than a speculative one.

An early proponent was Robert Zarr, a physician with Unity Health Care in Washington DC who quizzes patients about their interests, checks a searchable database for information on parks in or near their zip code, and then writes a script for specific activities.

Nonetheless you can only play the opposition you face on the day (which will come as no surprise to anyone who's played sport and noticed they weren't in fact competing against some players who were still at home) and in winning 42-12 the Raiders played with cohesion and no little zip.

Inevitably it has now been turned into a tourist attraction and helicopters regularly fly from Antigua to zip round the island.

For him, cycling offers a way to overcome congestion – rather than joining the motorised gridlock, he can zip through one of Kathmandu's many narrower, quieter alleyways to get wherever he needs.

On seeing Hoy zip across the line first Trott jumped in the air, screamed as loud as she could, danced an improvised jig, hugged a British official and went straight back into answering some anodyne question I'd just put to her.

As she reached for a zip, I was wrenched back to wakefulness.

But Rudd just continued to be Rudd, touring marginal electorates - for the good of the Labor cause of course - proving with every appearance, every folksy "gotta zip", every street walk mobbing, that he retained his popular appeal.

Once you're bored of being stared at, a quick zip in the launch will take you to the pick of the bays around Salcombe.

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