to zipper

Examples

• All

• Was the gym bag zippered, locked?

  Clockers (1995)

• The cash had been in a zippered compartment of my airline carry-on bag.

  Fiction book (1995)

• If I can get these pants zipped, I'm wearing them out of the house.

• But first, I had to get the zippered black nylon bag from behind the seat.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Then I slipped the phone number into the zippered pocket of my purse.

  Fiction book (1998)

• My dad picked up the coin, put it in his breast pocket... of his jacket, and zippered it up.

  The Fog (1980)

• I also liked the two zippered "secret" pockets between the laptop bag and the main compartment.

  Blog text (23)

• Thoughtful details like the zippered back pocket and self-locking fold make travel a breeze!

  Blog text (32)

• Linda started to reach for the emery board in the zippered case by the sink, then hesitated.

  Fiction book (1995)

• In addition to a black calfskin handbag, she was carrying a zippered envelope of beige suede, large enough to hold legal documents.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

Z

to zip

vsto zipper

55 1.0

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

has identical meaning but is a different word form

Z

to zip up

vsto zipper

18 1.7

To close clothes or a bag with a zipper

applies to many kinds of objects generally rather than mainly clothing

Antonyms

U

to unzip

19 1.3

Open clothes or bags by pulling the small piece of the zipper

How Closed

to seal

457 2.5

to zipper

• US

4 2.3

to fasten

68 1.6

to unzip

19 1.3

Surface Forms

Etymology