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to unzip

to unzip

19 1.3
Open clothes or bags by pulling the small piece of the zipper
  • verb
  • /ʌnˈzɪp/
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  • You quickly unzip your suitcase and triumphantly take out your toilet snorkel.

The next day when I woke her up, I unzipped her little sleepy sack.

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Examples

Synonyms

to undo
vsto unzip
21 1.3

Unfasten something that is tied or fastened

is specific to opening by releasing a zipper

Antonyms

55 1.0

To close something by moving a sliding tab that joins two rows of teeth

How Exposed

to strip
  • NSFW
63 3.4
to undress
  • NSFW
88 2.0
to uncover
  • NSFW
11 3.4
to unzip
19 1.3
to unbutton
22 1.0

Surface Forms

unzip infinitive
unzipped past
unzipped past participle
unzipping present participle
unzips third person singular

Morphology

unzip = zip (transparent) = un + zip

The negating prefix 'un-' is productively attached to the verb 'zip' and directly reverses the action of fastening a zipper.

Etymology

Unzip comes from the part un- meaning 'reverse' and zip, the fastener on jackets and bags. So to unzip something is to open it by undoing its zipper.