zippo
Speech parts
1. zippo - Noun
2. zippo - Adjective
3. zippo - Verb
Meaning
zippo (not comparable)
(slang) None whatsoever
zippo (third-person singular simple present zippos, present participle zippoing, simple past and past participle zippoed)
(slang) To light on fire.
A reusable lighter.
(military, slang) A boat, tank, etc. equipped with flamethrowers.
Zippo (third-person singular simple present Zippos, present participle Zippoing, simple past and past participle Zippoed)
Alternative spelling of zippo
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Examples
People copy, people steal. Most of the pictures they make nowadays are loaded down with special effects. I couldn't do that. I quit smoking because I couldn't reload my Zippo.
[On a fabricated tabloid story]The Neptunian underworld king unleashed a barrage of eels from his abdomen and each of the eels was carrying a zippo lighter and as they flew by they spelt across the sky in fire 'Tara can a borrow your eyeliner please?
Meanwhile my very own set to bloom, hand to god, any day now, has garnered zippo attention for lack of a PR-friendly nickname and the promise of a hella stench.
Or contractor brooms, Zippo lighters, shopping carts and even what you may be holding in your hands right now — a newspaper.
When they get to the part where they're doing their own shitty dialogue in the character's voice is when I start spraying the lighter fluid over my head and struggling to get the crappy flint on my zippo to cough up a spark.
Police are looking for whoever took the items that included a skateboard, acoustic guitar, a Zippo lighter collection, DVD’s, 30 t-shirts, and a suitcase valued at just over $1,600.