Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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zip

/zɪp/ noun, interjection, verb, proper noun

Forms zips zipping zipped

  1. noun The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  2. noun (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
  3. noun (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A zip fastener.
  4. noun (slang) Zero; nothing. “I know zip about economics.”
  5. noun A trip on a zipline.
  6. noun (computing, informal) A zip file.
  7. noun (programming) Synonym of convolution (“a type of mapping function”).
  8. noun Synonym of zip zap zop
  9. interjection (onomatopoeia) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
  10. verb (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
  11. verb (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener. “Zip your lip!”
  12. verb (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
  13. verb (transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
  14. verb (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound. “The bullet zipped through the air.”
  15. verb (intransitive, colloquial, followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place). “Zip down to the shops for some milk.”
  16. verb (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
  17. verb To travel on a zipline.
  18. noun (US) A zip code.
  19. proper noun (file format, uncountable) A common file format for data compression.
  20. noun (US, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Sicilian or Italian Mafioso who is relatively new to the United States.

Synonyms

whizz zing slide fastener zip fastener zipper convolution zip zap zop whee zip up nothing nil nix nada null aught cipher cypher goose egg naught zero zilch zippo ZIP code postcode postal code energy vigor vigour travel rapidly speed

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying bullet.
  2. verb To make, or move with, such a sound.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “zip”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details