Antonyms for zipper

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : zip-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈzɪp ər

Definition of zipper

Origin : 1925, probably an agent noun from zip (v.1). The trademark taken out on the name that year applied to a boot with zippers, not to the "lightning fastener" itself, which was at first called a zip.

As in unimportant : adj of no real worth, value
As in tie : noun fastening

Example sentences :

Attach tassels on zipper ends, made with a few strands of yarn.
Extract from : « Juvenile Styles, Volume 4 » by Mary Hoyer

I lowered her zipper, she did mine, and tugged my jeans off.
Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow

I am showing you Commission Exhibit 162, which appears to be a jacket with a zipper.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Phil Conover pulled the zipper of his flight suit up the front of his long, thin body and came into the living room.
Extract from : « Breakaway » by Stanley Gimble

He drew a zipper open in his fancy blouse, dragged out the Bull Durham and started to roll his own.
Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett

The prisoner agonizedly opened a zipper slip in his costume and brought out tobacco, even tailor-made cigarettes.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930 » by Victor Rousseau

As far as we recollect, ordinary slacks and, a more definite recollection, a sort of zipper jerkin.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Oh, when he came back he had the zipper satchel and the clothes on the hanger, is that right?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

The first time he came to see you he had a zipper satchel bag?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Now, I won't be sure, because I really don't know, but is that a zipper jacket?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Synonyms for zipper

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