zip (redirected from Zippo)

Zip (up) your lip! and Zip it up!

Inf. Be quiet!; Close your mouth and be quiet! "I've heard enough. Zip your lip!" hollered the coach. Andy: All right, you guys. Shut up! Zip it up! Bob: Sorry. Andy: That's better.

zip something on

to put on a piece of clothing and zip it up. She zipped her jumper on and headed toward the door. Zip on your jacket and let's go.

zip something up 

1. to close a zipper. You should zip that zipper up. You should zip up that zipper.

2. to close a garment by zipping a zipper closed. You had better zip your jacket up. You had better zip up your jacket.

3. Sl. to close one's mouth. (Fig. on {2}.) Zip your mouth up, Fred! Zip up your mouth, Fred.

See also: up

zip along

to move along very fast. The motorcycle zipped along nicely. Let's zip along and get there on time.

See also: along

zip past someone or something

to run or move past someone or something very rapidly. The deer zipped past the hunter, who stood there, startled. The cars zipped past the intersection.

See also: past