unzipping

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noun

The act by which something is unzipped.

UncommonScrabble 23

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of unzip
noununzipping (plural unzippings)

plural unzippings

  1. The act by which something is unzipped.

    It was impulse, not intention, one of those great unzippings of the superego that lets the id shine through.

    2013, Joyce Thompson, How to Greet Strangers: A Mystery, page 102
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APA

unzipping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unzipping

MLA

“unzipping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unzipping. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unzipping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unzipping.

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