zippinghttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zipping_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezipping, n.
Revised 2021

zippingnoun

  1. 1868–
    The action of moving briskly with a sharp whining, buzzing, or ripping sound; the sound itself.
    Stressed as ˈzipping.
    1. 1868
      The roaring of the falls and the zipping of the spiteful wind playing you a doleful march as you go.
      Indianapolis Journal 27 November 6/3
    2. 1881
      I heard the zipping of bullets in the air close to my head.
      J. M. Batten, Reminisc. Two Years U.S. Navy 72
    3. 2010
      The poem began with a sound—the zipping of a skirt, the snap of static electricity—and found its form and language from there.
      Poetry vol. 196 66

Originally published as part of the entry for zip, v.¹

zip, v.¹ was revised in March 2021.