zipper
1925, zip + -er. The trade name was registered in 1925 by B.F. Goodrich for “boots made of rubber and fabric,” claiming use of the name since June 1923. No longer a registered trademark. Pronunciation Noun
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1925, zip + -er. The trade name was registered in 1925 by B.F. Goodrich for “boots made of rubber and fabric,” claiming use of the name since June 1923. No longer a registered trademark. Pronunciation Noun
zipper (plural zippers)
- (chiefly, US, Australia) A zip fastener.
- A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.
- (biochemistry) leucine zipper
- (slang) A scar on a person's body.
- (US, military, slang, dated) An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk.
- slide fastener
- zip (British), zip fastener (British)
zipper (zippers, present participle zippering; past and past participle zippered)
- to close a zipper.
- He zippered his sweater against the cold.
- to put a zipper on an article.
- ''These fall jackets are zippered.
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