zip up



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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ÅKeAW-keSwedish
ReinoRAY-noFinnish
Noa (2)no-ahJapanese
Raffaello-Italian
LilliLI-lee (German), LEEL-lee (Finnish)German, Finnish
Marcelomahr-THE-lo (Spanish), mahr-SE-lo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese