Sekirov Dictionary

zipper

UK /ˈzɪpə(ɹ)/US /ˈzɪpɚ/

noun 8
verb 5
forms 3

noun8

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(US, Australia) 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.
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(slang) A scar on a person's body.
- I also competed in track and field at Idaho, and it's all because of putting the shot that I've got my long scar, my zipper, down the back of my neck. — 1969
A leucine zipper.
A zipline.
A technique for arbitrarily traversing an aggregate data structure and updating its contents. See zipper (data structure).
(slang) A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off.
(slang, old-fashioned) An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk.

verb5

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To close a zipper.
- He zippered his sweater against the cold.
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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.
- If more drivers knew how to zipper, the accident would not have disrupted traffic so much.
To unzipper.

forms

zippered · zippering · zippers

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