zipper
IPA: zˈɪpɝ
noun
- (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).
verb
- to close a zipper.
- to put a zipper on an article.
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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.
- 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.
- It includes Velcro strips, zippers and diaphanous inner material.
- A plastic zipper is provided to close the top openable edge of the envelope.
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