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zipper
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: z??p?r, IPA(key): /?z?p?/
- Rhymes: -?p?(r)
Noun
zipper (plural zippers)
- (chiefly US, Australia) A zip fastener.
- A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.
- (biochemistry) A leucine zipper.
- (slang) A scar on a person's body.
- (US, military, slang, dated) An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk.
- (BDSM) A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off.
- (programming) A technique for arbitrarily traversing an aggregate data structure and updating its contents. See zipper (data structure).
Synonyms
- slide fastener
- zip (British), zip fastener (British)
Meronyms
- slider
- teeth
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: siper
Translations
Verb
zipper (third-person singular simple present zippers, present participle zippering, simple past and past participle zippered)
- to close a zipper.
- He zippered his sweater against the cold.
- to put a zipper on an article.
- These fall jackets are zippered.
French
Etymology
English to zip
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zi.pe/
Verb
zipper
- (computing) to zip
- (Quebec) to zip up (close using a zip)
Conjugation
Related terms
- dézipper
Further reading
- “zipper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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zippier
English
Adjective
zippier
- comparative form of zippy: more zippy
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