zipper
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- noun
- /ˈzɪpər/
- US
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cremallera
- It has a nice outside zipper as well.
- a zipper pull
- jacket zipper
- jeans with a zipper
Then fiddle with your zippers and pull up your hood.
- Then fiddle with your zippers and pull up your hood.
- I wore pants that had zippers at the knees.
- The only thing, the only thing is that the zipper and button are backwards.
- The skirt still has the zipper, but the top doesn't.
- Then it does have like a functional zipper in the front.
- And then it has the black zipper with the little silver thingamajig.
- So it'll be nice and flush along the zipper opening.
Examples
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I think the most classic fly is the zipper and button fly.
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I love bags that have zippers so that nothing falls out.
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Look at this little zipper detail along the side.
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Then it does have like a functional zipper in the front.
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It also looks like my zipper is open.
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With some difficulty, she managed to work the zipper loose and open the pouch.
Fiction book (1992) -
Hours later, from his own tent, my dad hears Jerry struggling with the zipper on his tent.
Academic text (2008) -
The hood had a zipper down the middle and was lined with a waffle-patterned material.
Academic text (2004) -
He repairs zippers on Amsterdam Avenue.
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The jacket has a sturdy zipper that keeps it securely closed.
Synonyms
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1.4
A row of teeth that join when a sliding tab closes clothes or bags
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A set of two strips with teeth and a moving piece that closes jackets or bags
A thing that closes clothes or bags by joining two rows of teeth with a sliding tab
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Etymology
Zipper comes from the quick sound zip and the ending -er meaning 'one that does something'. A company called B.F. Goodrich used the name for a boot fastener in the 1920s, so a zipper is now the thing that closes clothes and bags with a quick 'zip' motion.