"zipper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzɪpɚ/ [General-American], /ˈzɪpə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: En-au-zipper.ogg [Australia] Forms: zippers [plural]
enPR: zĭʹpər Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: 1925, zip + -er. The trade name was registered in 1925 by B.F. Goodrich for “boots made of rubber and fabric,” claiming use of the name since June 1923. No longer a registered trademark. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|zip|-er|id2=agent noun}} zip + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} zipper (plural zippers)
  1. (chiefly US, Australia) A zip fastener. Tags: Australia, US Categories (topical): Fasteners
    Sense id: en-zipper-en-noun-OjYkJ~5c Disambiguation of Fasteners: 39 8 17 2 10 12 8 2 2 Categories (other): American English, Australian English
  2. A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.
    Sense id: en-zipper-en-noun-QWM10gxw
  3. (biochemistry) A leucine zipper. Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-zipper-en-noun-lq87l4sU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 4 32 1 16 15 15 1 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 7 33 1 15 14 14 1 3 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 16 4 27 2 19 15 13 2 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 15 5 28 2 16 14 13 2 5 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (slang) A scar on a person's body. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-zipper-en-noun-DZmiJ2qL
  5. (US, military, slang, dated) An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk. Tags: US, dated, slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-zipper-en-noun-8OY-Pi3Q Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war
  6. (BDSM) A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off. Categories (topical): BDSM
    Sense id: en-zipper-en-noun-Me~2MWMA Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
  7. (programming) A technique for arbitrarily traversing an aggregate data structure and updating its contents. See zipper (data structure). Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-zipper-en-noun-iPDCk3wH Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: slide fastener, zip [British], zip fastener [British] Meronyms: slider, teeth Derived forms: zipper machine, zipper merge, zipper sex, zipper spider

Verb

IPA: /ˈzɪpɚ/ [General-American], /ˈzɪpə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: En-au-zipper.ogg [Australia] Forms: zippers [present, singular, third-person], zippering [participle, present], zippered [participle, past], zippered [past]
enPR: zĭʹpər Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: 1925, zip + -er. The trade name was registered in 1925 by B.F. Goodrich for “boots made of rubber and fabric,” claiming use of the name since June 1923. No longer a registered trademark. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|zip|-er|id2=agent noun}} zip + -er Head templates: {{en-verb}} zipper (third-person singular simple present zippers, present participle zippering, simple past and past participle zippered)
  1. to close a zipper.
    Sense id: en-zipper-en-verb-gpnN-ibu
  2. to put a zipper on an article.
    Sense id: en-zipper-en-verb-hzcoLhZA

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1969, Jerry Kramer, Farewell to football, page 111",
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          "ref": "1979, Don Atyeo, Blood & guts, violence in sports, page 227",
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          "ref": "1949, Walter Karig, Battle Report",
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          "ref": "1993, E. T. Wooldridge, Carrier Warfare in the Pacific: An Oral History Collection, page 268",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: zíper",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: zíper"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "siper",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: siper",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: siper"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "zip",
        "3": "-er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "zip + -er",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "1925, zip + -er. The trade name was registered in 1925 by B.F. Goodrich for “boots made of rubber and fabric,” claiming use of the name since June 1923. No longer a registered trademark.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zippers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "zipper (plural zippers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "meronyms": [
    {
      "word": "slider"
    },
    {
      "word": "teeth"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Australian English",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He got his T-shirt stuck in the zipper of his jacket.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A zip fastener."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "zip fastener",
          "zip fastener"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, Australia) A zip fastener."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A pressure-sensitive plastic closure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ],
        [
          "closure",
          "closure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Biochemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A leucine zipper."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "leucine zipper",
          "leucine zipper"
        ]
      ],
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        "(biochemistry) A leucine zipper."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1969, Jerry Kramer, Farewell to football, page 111",
          "text": "I also competed in track and field at Idaho, and it's all because of putting the shot that I've got my long scar, my zipper, down the back of my neck.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1979, Don Atyeo, Blood & guts, violence in sports, page 227",
          "text": "Making the transition from high school to college teams, for instance, he could not believe the scars his new players were sporting. \"So many athletes had zippers down the side of their knee, or knees; they thought nothing of it and called this or that a Band-Aid operation. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A scar on a person's body."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scar",
          "scar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A scar on a person's body."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English dated terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949, Walter Karig, Battle Report",
          "text": "[…] the usual gap between the time the last strike of the day departed and the first night hecklers arrived was closed with \"zippers\" — night fighters who, using day fighter tactics, proceeded to the target in daylight in time to relieve the last day blanket patrol.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, E. T. Wooldridge, Carrier Warfare in the Pacific: An Oral History Collection, page 268",
          "text": "They would handle all the night combat air patrols, the night hecklers who would go over the enemy airfields, and we formed a new little gimmick called \"zippers\" to help close that gap between the time the daylight strikes left the target and darkness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "air",
          "air"
        ],
        [
          "patrol",
          "patrol"
        ],
        [
          "dawn",
          "dawn"
        ],
        [
          "dusk",
          "dusk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, military, slang, dated) An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:BDSM"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "BDSM",
          "BDSM"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ],
        [
          "clothes peg",
          "clothes peg"
        ],
        [
          "clip",
          "clip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(BDSM) A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "BDSM",
        "lifestyle",
        "sexuality"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Programming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A technique for arbitrarily traversing an aggregate data structure and updating its contents. See zipper (data structure)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "technique",
          "technique"
        ],
        [
          "traversing",
          "traverse"
        ],
        [
          "aggregate",
          "aggregate"
        ],
        [
          "data structure",
          "data structure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) A technique for arbitrarily traversing an aggregate data structure and updating its contents. See zipper (data structure)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɪpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɪpə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪpə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-zipper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-au-zipper.ogg/En-au-zipper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-au-zipper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "zĭʹpər"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "slide fastener"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ],
      "word": "zip"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ],
      "word": "zip fastener"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "zipper"
  ],
  "word": "zipper"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English genericized trademarks",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪpə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪpə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "en:Fasteners"
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    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "zip",
        "3": "-er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "zip + -er",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "1925, zip + -er. The trade name was registered in 1925 by B.F. Goodrich for “boots made of rubber and fabric,” claiming use of the name since June 1923. No longer a registered trademark.",
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    {
      "form": "zippers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "zippering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zippered",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zippered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He zippered his sweater against the cold."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to close a zipper."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "These fall jackets are zippered."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to put a zipper on an article."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɪpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɪpə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪpə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-zipper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-au-zipper.ogg/En-au-zipper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-au-zipper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "zĭʹpər"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "zipper"
  ],
  "word": "zipper"
}

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