zipper
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ər noun
1.
Also called slide fastener. a device used for fastening clothing, valises, etc., consisting of two toothed tracks or spiral metal or plastic coils, each bordering one of two edges to be joined, and a piece that either interlocks or separates them when pulled.
2.
a person or thing that zips.
3.
a rubber and fabric boot or overshoe fastened up the leg by a zipper.
4.
a large illuminated display of news bulletins or advertisements that rapidly and continously flash by on an upper part of a building.
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| (US), (Canadian) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): zip a fastening device operating by means of two parallel rows of metal or plastic teeth on either side of a closure that are interlocked by a sliding tab | |
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Word Origin & History
zipper
1925, probably from zip (1). The trademark taken out on the name that year applied to a boot with zippers, not to the "lightning fastener" itself, which was at first called a zip.
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Example sentences
Wrap the mattress in canvas and put a zipper down one side and along the bottom.
She hears him unbuckling his belt, and then the zipper coming down.
Crisp calls its falafels handbag sandwiches for their eco-paper packaging, complete with clever zipper waists.
He limped slightly but stood erect and carried a compact navy zipper bag with white trim.
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