zipper
A zip fastenerA zip fastener.
» This zipper doesn't zip smoothly.
Dieser Reißverschluss hakt.
Ця застібка-блискавка не застібається плавно.
Meaning
8 senses(Australia, US)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.
(slang)A scar on a person's body.
(US, dated, slang)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.
- a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
Examples
47 sentencesThis zipper doesn't zip smoothly.
Ця застібка-блискавка не застібається плавно. — ChickenKiev
deDieser Reißverschluss hakt. — Yorwba
Your zipper's open.
У тебе розстебнута ширінька! — deniko
ruУ тебя молния расстегнута. — sharptoothed
The zipper is stuck.
Блискавка застрягла. — deniko
ruМолния застряла. — shanghainese
deDer Reißverschluss steckt fest. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Your zipper is open.
У тебе розстебнута ширінька! — deniko
ruУ тебя молния расстегнута. — sharptoothed
deDein Reißverschluss ist offen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Do you know how to fix a stuck zipper?
Origin
1925, zip + -er. The trade name was registered in 1925 by B.F. Goodrich for “boots made of1925, 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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Forms
plural: zippersSynonyms
3 synonyms- a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab:slide fastenerzipzip fastener