unzip

American  

[uhn-zip] / ʌnˈzɪp /

verb (used with object)

unzipped, unzipping

1. to open the zipper of.

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verb (used without object)

unzipped, unzipping

1. to become unzipped.

unzip British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of unzip

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.

From Literature

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From BBC