Zip vs. Tar

Zipnoun

The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

Zipnoun

(informal) Energy; vigor; vim.

Zipnoun

A zip fastener.

Zipnoun

(slang) Zero; nothing.

Zipnoun

A trip on a zipline.

Zipnoun

A zip file.

Zipnoun

(programming) type of mapping function

Zipnoun

(slang) An ounce of marijuana.

Zipnoun

(US) A ZIP code; a US postal code.

Zipnoun

Any postal code, for any country.

Zippronoun

(slang) Zero; nothing.

Zipinterjection

The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

Zipverb

(transitive) To close with a zip fastener.

Zipverb

To close as if with a zip fastener.

Zipverb

To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.

Zipverb

To subject to the convolution mapping function.

Zipverb

(intransitive) (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.

Zipverb

(followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).

Zipverb

(transitive) To make (something) move quickly

Zipverb

To travel on a zipline.

Zipnoun

A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying bullet.

Zipverb

To make, or move with, such a sound.

Zipnoun

a quantity of no importance;

Zipnoun

a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab

Zipverb

close with a zipper;

Zipverb

move very fast;

Tarnoun

(uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.

Tarnoun

Coal tar.

Tarnoun

(uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.

Tarnoun

A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.

Tarnoun

Black tar, a form of heroin.

Tarnoun

(computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix.

Tarnoun

(computing) A file produced by such a program.

Tarnoun

A Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.

Tarnoun

A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.

Tarverb

(transitive) To coat with tar.

Tarverb

(transitive) To besmirch.

Tarverb

To create a tar archive.

Tarnoun

A sailor; a seaman.

Tarnoun

A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.

Tarverb

To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.

Tarnoun

any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

Tarnoun

a man who serves as a sailor

Tarverb

coat with tar;

Tarnoun

a dark, thick flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, resins, alcohols, and other compounds. It is used in road-making and for coating and preserving timber.

Tarnoun

a substance resembling tar, formed by burning tobacco or other material

Tarnoun

a sailor.

Tarverb

cover (something) with tar

Tar

Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat.Mineral products resembling tar can be produced from fossil hydrocarbons, such as petroleum.