unzip
[ uhn-zip ]
/ ʌnˈzɪp /
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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.
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Words nearby unzip
unwritten, unwritten constitution, unwritten law, unyielding, unyoke, unzip, unzipped, UO, U. of S. Afr., up, up a creek
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unzip
/ (ʌnˈzɪp) /
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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