unzip

[uhn-zip]

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verb (used with object), un·zipped, un·zip·ping.

to open the zipper of.

verb (used without object), un·zipped, un·zip·ping.

to become unzipped.

Origin of unzip

First recorded in 1935–40; un-² + zip²

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Related Words for unzip

undo, unfasten, free

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Contemporary Examples of unzip

I undo the button, but before I unzip him I let my fingers wander, tracing his erection through the soft denim.
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British Dictionary definitions for unzip

unzip

verb -zips, -zipping or -zipped

to unfasten the zip of (a garment) or (of a zip or garment with a zip) to become unfastenedher skirt unzipped as she sat down

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

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Word Origin and History for unzip

1939, from un- (2) + zip (v.). Related: Unzipped; unzipping.