zip down

verb

To unzip.

Opposite
zip up
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Meanings

verbzip down (third-person singular simple present zips down, present participle zipping down, simple past and past participle zipped down)

present singular third person zips down · participle present zipping down · participle past zipped down · past zipped down

  1. transitiveTo unzip.

    "Naughty cat," she said, but less fiercely, while she zipped down her jacket and made a warm pocket for the kittens in the crook of her arm.

    1968, John Crowe Ransom, Kenyon College, The Kenyon review: Volume 30
    1 more example

    And the man, another Jamaican, says him don't buy puss in a bag so open the bag and make me see the goodies, and I zip down my pants and take it out, and then he asks me to jack off and I'm feeling weird […]

    2007, S. J. Rozan, Bronx Noir

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
zip up
Also see
zipperzipper down
Cite this entry
APA

zip down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zip%20down

MLA

“zip down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zip%20down. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zip down,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zip%20down.

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