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zipping up

zipping up is the present participle and gerund of zip up.

Meaning of zip up

Verb

zip up (third-person singular simple present zips up, present participle zipping up, simple past and past participle zipped up)

  1. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
    • Always check if you've zipped up your fly before you go out.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To close as if with a zip fastener, especially one's mouth; to stop talking.
    • I'll zip up my lip.
  3. (transitive) To convert a computer file into a smaller package.

Questions about zipping up

What is zipping up the present participle and gerund of?
Zipping up is the present participle and gerund of zip up.

Words near zipping up in the dictionary

  1. zippiness
  2. zipping
  3. zipping down
  4. zipping it
  5. zipping one's lip
  6. zipping up
  7. zippingly
  8. zippo
  9. zippoed
  10. zippoing
  11. zippola

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