unzip

[uhn-zip]

verb (used with object)

unzipped, unzipping 

1. to open the zipper of.

verb (used without object)

unzipped, unzipping 

1. to become unzipped.

unzip

/ ʌnˈzɪp /

verb

1. to unfasten the zip of (a garment) or (of a zip or garment with a zip) to become unfastened

   her skirt unzipped as she sat down

2. (tr) computing to decompress (a file) that had previously been zipped

Word History and Origins

Origin of unzip¹

First recorded in 1935–40; un- ² + zip ²

Example Sentences

She reaches an arm behind the monitor, pulls out a long sleeve, and unzips it to unveil a shiny red sword with golden Japanese characters inscribed onto the blade.

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When they finished, it was immediately apparent how DNA copies itself, by unzipping down the middle, allowing each chain to find a new partner.

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He unzipped the bottom of his blue jeans to display the prosthetic limb on his leg.

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I slowly unzipped the tent door, poked my head out and saw it: a lone bison head-butting a picnic table, lifting one end into the air with alarming ease.

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In a cramped apartment in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Pavlo, a 30-year-old drone operator who had recently returned from the front, unzipped a black case about the size of a pizza box.

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