zip fastener

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noun British.

a zipper.

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Origin of zip fastener

First recorded in 1925–30

It zips like all comedies seem to zip today, quick and nimble, its tone affectionate snark.
Why ‘Black-ish’ Has a Gay Problem|Tim Teeman|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These drugs interfere with the double helix zip-unzip-zip-again process of RNA and DNA replication.
Emory Will Wage High-Tech War on Ebola|Kent Sepkowitz|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Type in your ZIP code and blood drives close to you will come up,” Dudley said.
The Red Cross Is 80,000 Blood Donations Short|Kevin Zawacki|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, the big goose egg that the administration is going to get from Iran will more obviously be a zip.
Putin Poised to Retaliate Against Obama by Trashing Iran Deal|Josh Rogin|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Midwest Fastener Corp Michigan-based company that supplies fasteners to the hardware store, home center, and industrial markets.
After Hobby Lobby, These 82 Corporations Could Drop Birth Control Coverage|Abby Haglage|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The rifle-bullets were whizzing so zip, zip from the sharpshooters on the Federal lines that involuntarily I moved on my chair.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
"Zip" came a bullet, and hit the ground beside me; it seemed rather unfair when one thought one was well out of range.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie|George Brenton Laurie
Fasten the sheets together at the top left hand corner with a paper fastener, the pointed ends of the fastener being at the top.
Journalism for Women|E.A. Bennett
They found Zip well and hearty in spite of having had a drop of at least forty feet off the glacier.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Susy's mocking-bird hung in a cage by one of the windows, and "brother Zip" was lounging in an arm-chair, catching flies.
Dotty Dimple At Home|Sophie May