Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fastening device consisting of parallel rows of metal or plastic teeth on adjacent edges of an opening that are interlocked by a sliding tab.
- transitive & intransitive verb To fasten or unfasten or become fastened or unfastened with a zipper; zip.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Australia A
zip fastener . - noun A
pressure -sensitive plasticclosure . - noun biochemistry
leucine zipper - verb To close a zipper.
- verb To put a zipper on an article.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb close with a zipper
- noun a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Don't agree with everything you say, but that fish with a zipper is the best comeback I've heard in years.
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Don't agree with everything you say, but that fish with a zipper is the best comeback I've heard in years.
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After a moment that seemed like an eternity, the guy in the back shouted, The zipper is stuck!
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Marinate the chicken for 3 to 24 hours in zipper bags.
Meathead Goldwyn: Crispy Cornell Chicken: An Upstate New York Classic Meathead Goldwyn 2010
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First he's drunk and now his pants are down and his zipper is unzipped.
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Marinate the chicken for 3 to 24 hours in zipper bags.
Meathead Goldwyn: Crispy Cornell Chicken: An Upstate New York Classic Meathead Goldwyn 2010
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After a moment that seemed like an eternity, the guy in the back shouted, The zipper is stuck!
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First he's drunk and now his pants are down and his zipper is unzipped.
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The new G3 Guide Jacket features a waterproof main zipper; watertight, adjustable cuffs; built-in retractors for clippers or other items; large bellows pockets for fly boxes; lined hand-warmer pockets; four smaller stowage pockets with water-resistant zippers; and an adjustable hood.
Fishing Jacket 2007
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David Blunkett I could understand a mere zipper is not enough.
Straw & Zippergate 2005
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from my understanding zipper merging is when both lanes are moving at the same speed and one lane ends. at the point where the merge happens its every other car that gets to proceed from each lane.
What actually counts as a "zipper merge"? Life_Temperature795 2025
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Zipper merging, however, benefits individual drivers as well as the public at large. Research shows that these dangers decrease when motorists use both lanes until reaching the defined merge area and then alternate in "zipper" fashion into the open lane.
Zipper Merge - MnDOT 2025
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When a lane is closed in a construction zone, a zipper merge occurs when motorists use both lanes of traffic until reaching the defined merge area, and then alternate in "zipper" fashion into the open lane.
Zipper Merge - MnDOT 2025
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If the zipper merge applies, the only point where drivers in the continuing lane should yield to those in the ending lane is where the two lanes become one. At that point, care should alternate one from every other lane.
What actually counts as a "zipper merge"? Life_Temperature795 2025
treeseed commented on the word zipper
The Zipper is a carnival ride designed in 1968 by Chance Rides Manufacturing, Inc., an American manufacturer of amusement rides based in Wichita, Kansas. This ride is noted for the extreme g-forces felt by its riders. The Zipper is still a very popular attraction at many fairs and carnivals.
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January 31, 2008
chanjeannie commented on the word zipper
Just for fun
March 31, 2010
alexz commented on the word zipper
Zipper for the fastener goes back to 1911. Trade mark Reporter, Volume 32, page 485
http://books.google.ca/books?id=81IuAAAAIAAJ
March 16, 2013