zip´per|less

zip´per|less
zip|per «ZIHP uhr», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a sliding fastener for clothing, shoes, boots, bags, containers, and covers, consisting of two flexible parts interlocked or separated by an attached sliding device which is pulled along between them; slide fastener. A zipper is used in place of buttons, laces, etc. »

He has a zipper on his coat.

2. Zipper. a former trademark for this fastening.
3. a) a strip of paper, plastic, or string on an envelope or bag that functions like a zipper to open it up. b) two interlocking strips on a plastic bag that can be used to open or close it.
4. Surfing. a howler.
5. an electronic message display in the form of a strip continuously scrolling across the side of a building or other space: »

...as the zipper circling the old Times Tower spelled out unambiguous headlines in a slender necklace of lights. (New York Times)

–v.i., v.t.
to fasten or close with a zipper: »

He was wearing a slate-blue flying suit zippered up to his chest (New Yorker).

╂[American English < zip1 + -er1]
–zip´per|less, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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