zip line
1zip line — n. a pulley suspended from a cable so as to allow a person attached to or holding it to travel down the cable from the high point to the low point of an incline: The forest has a high ropes course with a zip line[/ex] • Etymology: [1985 90] …
2Zip-line — A zip line (also known as a flying fox, foefie slide, zip wire, aerial runway, aerial ropeslide, death slide or tyrolean crossing)[citation needed] consists of a pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline. It is designed to enable a user… …
3Zip line trolley — A zip line trolley is a metal device that connects a person or a load to a cable and allows them to move along the cable either under their own power or by using gravity. A trolley is usually comprised of a metal frame with one or more shivs… …
4Zip line — Fermeture à glissière Pour les articles homonymes, voir Zip, Fermeture et Éclair. Fermeture La fermeture à glissière, ou fermeture à crémaillère, est un dispositif mécanique permettant l ouver …
5Zip (disambiguation) — A zip or zipper is a device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric together.Žíp is a village in Slovakia.Zip(s) may also refer to: *Zip (airline), a defunct Canadian discount airline *ZIP (file format), a popular data compression and… …
6zip 4 — zip code zip code (z[i^]p k[=o]d ), n. [zone improvement plan.] any one of a set of numbers assigned by the United States Postal Service to designate a particular postal delivery area. One or more zip codes are assigned to each post office. The… …
7ZIP code — (z[i^]p k[=o]d ), n. [zone improvement plan.] any one of a set of numbers assigned by the United States Postal Service to designate a particular postal delivery area. One or more zip codes are assigned to each post office. The numbers initially… …
8Zip code — (z[i^]p k[=o]d ), n. [zone improvement plan.] any one of a set of numbers assigned by the United States Postal Service to designate a particular postal delivery area. One or more zip codes are assigned to each post office. The numbers initially… …
9zip code — (z[i^]p k[=o]d ), n. [zone improvement plan.] any one of a set of numbers assigned by the United States Postal Service to designate a particular postal delivery area. One or more zip codes are assigned to each post office. The numbers initially… …
10zip — [zip] n. [echoic] 1. a short, sharp hissing or whizzing sound, as of a passing bullet 2. Informal energy; vigor; vim 3. Chiefly Brit. ZIPPER: also zip fastener 4. Slang nothing; zero [the player was zip for 12 at the line] …
