unzipper

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verb

To unzip.

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Meanings

unzipper1

verbunzipper (third-person singular simple present unzippers, present participle unzippering, simple past and past participle unzippered)

present singular third person unzippers · participle present unzippering · participle past unzippered · past unzippered

  1. transitiveTo unzip.

    He unzippers his fly, but he does not ask Mae to come to him as Lloyd did in scene 1.

    1998, Robert J. Andreach, Creating the self in the contemporary American theatre, page 30

unzipper2

noununzipper (plural unzippers)

plural unzippers

  1. computingA program that extracts files from compressed archives.

    The problem is that you may not have the necessary unzipper.

    1992 March 31, PC Mag, volume 11, number 6
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    Which comes first, the ZIP file or the unzipper? You can't uncompress a file containing PKUNZIP unless you first have PKUNZIP.

    1995, Urban A. LeJeune, Jeff Duntemann, Mosaic and Web Explorer, page 202

Origin

unzipper · verb

From un- + zipper.

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unzipper · noun

From unzip + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

unzipper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unzipper

MLA

“unzipper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unzipper. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unzipper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unzipper.

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