824 examples of zip in sentences
An orchestra was playing something with a good deal of zip to it, and under happier conditions I dare say my feet would have started twitching in time to the melody.
[Slang], nix [Slang]; zilch [Slang], zip
Sibilation N. sibilance, sibilation; zip; hiss &c v.; sternutation; high note &c 410.
Joe laughed and Zip smiled.
"Thank you, Mr. Vly," said Zip, extending his hand.
" Montezuma shook Zip's hand.
"Take this," he said, handing it to Zip.
" Zip put the disk into his pocket.
" Zip gave a nod to Mark, and Mark opened communications.
He, Zip, and George had followed Joe to the control center and were watching the laser beams sweep the landing field.
"Their laser beams are immensely powerful, and they're operating at full capacity," observed Zip, grimly.
" Suddenly Zip turned to their host.
George turned a distracted face to Zip and stared as if he wasn't comprehending what Zip had said.
George turned a distracted face to Zip and stared as if he wasn't comprehending what Zip had said.
Zip repeated carefully.
Zip asked George, "Is this everyone?"
"I, I think so, yes." Zip took charge.
"Got some more of that engine-oil coffee steaming away, and I managed to whip together some biscuits from some powdered stuff I found!" Zip's eyes shot open and took in the neutral walls of the cubicle where he, Mark, and Joe had slept.
" Zip was sitting nearby.
Zip always referred to the Moon as home.
There were the boys' parents-Allen and Elizabeth Foster with Zip's eight-year old sister, Kathy; Keith and Barbara Seaton; and Charlie and Laura Taylor.
" "One hears the zip-zip of the bullets, the boom of the great guns, the tang of our sharp French artillery, and in all this infernal experience of noise and stench, the screams of dying horses and men joined with the fury of the gun-fire, and rose shrill above it.
" "One hears the zip-zip of the bullets, the boom of the great guns, the tang of our sharp French artillery, and in all this infernal experience of noise and stench, the screams of dying horses and men joined with the fury of the gun-fire, and rose shrill above it.
"Let her zip!" said the Eminent Person.
English zip)