"a Sicilian. people from Italy. we called them zips cuz they'd zip in and zip out. they didn't like to talk much. they'd only get down to buisness or take care of someone then leave on the next plane out."- Joseph "JoeBananas" Bonnano
pete-"what about that thing across the way?"
tommy-"don't worry about it, i know a zip who can take of it."
Noun; A slang dirogatory term used in Vietnam referring to enemy vietnamese soldiers. Short for "zipperhead", it's commonly used to describe any Asian person.
Richie became enraged and punched the sideview mirror of a parkedtruck when the ignorant women called him zip.