Past tense of zip
regular verb
The past tense of zip is zipped. The past participle is also zipped.
Forms of zip
| Base form (V1) | zip /zɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | zipped |
| Past participle (V3) | zipped |
| Present participle | zipping |
| Third person singular | zips /(t)sɪps/ |
Zipped in a sentence
- The bullet zipped through the air.
- She zipped into the office to pour a bowl of diet treats for Quincy.2014, Janet Cantrell, chapter 7, in Fat Cat at Large, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 58
- Always check if you've zipped up your fly before you go out.From the entry zip up
- Pogba zipped a pass to Cavani and his lay-off went to the ever-lurking Fernandes.2021 April 29, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian. From the entry lay-off
- Crystal might have said that those perfect lips were zipped, but the kidnappers had no way of knowing that.2019, Kate Atkinson, Big Sky, →ISBN, page 261. From the entry let sleeping dogs lie
Meaning of zip
- noun The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
- noun Energy; vigor; vim.
- noun A zip fastener.
Questions about the past tense of zip
- What is the past tense of zip?
- The past tense of zip is zipped.
- What is the past participle of zip?
- The past participle of zip is zipped.
- Is zip a regular or irregular verb?
- Zip is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: zip (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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