Zipper

Quick meaning: Zipper is a noun meaning A pressure-sensitive plastic closure, as on a Ziploc bag.

Meaning

A pressure-sensitive plastic closure, as on a Ziploc bag.

More Meanings

1. (biochemistry) A leucine zipper.
2. (US, military, slang, dated) An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk.
3. (BDSM) A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off.
4. (programming) A technique for arbitrarily traversing an aggregate data structure and updating its contents. See zipper (data structure).
5. A zipline.
6. (chiefly US, Australia) A zip fastener.
7. (slang) A scar on a person's body.

Example Sentences

These fall jackets are zippered.

He zippered his sweater against the cold.

He got his T-shirt stuck in the zipper of his jacket.

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.

Word Forms

• zippers
• zippering
• zippered

Synonyms for zipper

Depending on context, synonyms include zip, zip up.

Antonyms for zipper

Common opposites include unzipper, unzip.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include zip up, zip, rack, slide, chute, closing.

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