quarter-zip

adjective

Having a short zip (approximately a quarter of the height of the garment) descending from the collar.

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Meanings

adjectivequarter-zip (not comparable)

alternative quarter zip

  1. not comparablesweater etc.Having a short zip (approximately a quarter of the height of the garment) descending from the collar.
nounquarter-zip (plural quarter-zips)

plural quarter-zips · alternative quarter zip

  1. A jacket, sweater, or other top with a short zip (approximately a quarter of the height of the garment) descending from the collar.

    “[…] [men’s] fleece business is really being driven by novelty,” said Lisa Fox, vice-president of brand marketing, […] “I’m talking about styles with striped ribbed trim, open-bottom styling, hoods and novelty interest at the neckline—henleys or quarter zips.”

    1996 September 30, Rachel Spevack, “Fashion has Fleece Flying this Fall”, in DNR, Fairchild, page 8
Cite this entry
APA

quarter-zip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarter-zip

MLA

“quarter-zip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarter-zip. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quarter-zip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarter-zip.

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