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

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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Huntington Beach junior lifeguards volunteered at the event, according to a news release from the center, unzipping the cages on the beach to allow the birds to waddle out to shore.

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Suspicious, the officers unzipped the suitcase’s lining and found a stack of 13 white T-shirts “that were wet and appeared to be caked with a white powdery substance,” according to the affidavit.

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The electrical and electronic engineering student said: "I unzipped the outer packaging and saw something move and was like, what's this?"

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