zipper

IPA: zˈɪpɝ

(chiefly US, Australia) A zip fastener.
A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.
(biochemistry) A leucine zipper.
(slang) A scar on a person's body.
(US, military, slang, dated) An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk.
(BDSM) A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off.
(programming) A technique for arbitrarily traversing an aggregate data structure and updating its contents. See zipper (data structure).

Examples of "zipper" in Sentences

He invented the modern zipper in 1914.
The fakes have the zipper showing in the middle.
Judson is recognized as the inventor of the zipper.
Sometimes the zipper runs straight down the middle.
A zipper allows the bag to be closed around the baby.
Marinate the chicken for 3 to 24 hours in zipper bags.
Do you know that the ductility of zipper metal is zero
Here, the zipper was mass produced beginning in the 1920s.
A guide is formed in the legs to align the zipper elements.
David Blunkett I could understand a mere zipper is not enough.
It includes Velcro strips, zippers and diaphanous inner material.
First he's drunk and now his pants are down and his zipper is unzipped.
A plastic zipper is provided to close the top openable edge of the envelope.
After a moment that seemed like an eternity, the guy in the back shouted, The zipper is stuck!
Don't agree with everything you say, but that fish with a zipper is the best comeback I've heard in years.
The new G3 Guide Jacket features a waterproof main zipper; watertight, adjustable cuffs; built-in retractors for clippers or other items; large bellows pockets for fly boxes; lined hand-warmer pockets; four smaller stowage pockets with water-resistant zippers; and an adjustable hood.