zipper.
A zip fastener.
Meaning & usage
A zip fastener.
He got his T-shirt stuck in the zipper of his jacket.
A pressure-sensitive plastic closure, as on a Ziploc bag.
A leucine zipper.
A scar on a person's body.
An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk.
A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off.
A technique for arbitrarily traversing an aggregate data structure and updating its contents. See zipper (data structure).
A zipline.
Where this word comes from
1925, zip + -er. The trade name was registered in 1925 by B.F. Goodrich for “boots made of rubber and fabric,” claiming use of the name since June 1923. No longer a registered trademark.
To close a zipper.
He zippered his sweater against the cold.
To put a zipper on an article.
These fall jackets are zippered.
To act in a manner similar to a zipper. To act in a manner similar to a zipper closing; to interleave.
To act in a manner similar to a zipper. To unzipper.
Where this word comes from
1925, zip + -er. The trade name was registered in 1925 by B.F. Goodrich for “boots made of rubber and fabric,” claiming use of the name since June 1923. No longer a registered trademark.
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