unzipped
1 Americanadjective
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(especially of a garment) not zipped or zipped up; with the zipper unfastened.
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Slang.
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crazy; demented.
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overwrought; hysterical.
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adjective
Etymology
Origin of unzipped1
unzip + -ed 2 or un- 1 + zipped
Origin of unzipped2
Example Sentences
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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
The electrical and electronic engineering student said: "I unzipped the outer packaging and saw something move and was like, what's this?"
From BBC
As the new technique can create nanostructures anywhere on a sample, they also unzipped two lines in parallel.
From Science Daily
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