# zip-up

**Pronunciation:** ZIP-UP

**CEFR level:** B1

**Part of speech:** adjective

## Meaning

Zip-up means fastened by means of a zip.

## Examples

- The writer described the response as zip-up.
- A zip-up tone can change the mood of a conversation.
- The situation became zip-up after the announcement.

## Common patterns

- zip-up + noun — Use zip-up before a noun to describe that quality. — The writer described a zip-up reaction.
- become zip-up — Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — The discussion became zip-up near the end.

## Collocations

- zip-up behavior — The teacher calmly handled the zip-up behavior.
- zip-up tone — The email had an zip-up tone.

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