zipperlike

comparative more zipperlike · superlative most zipperlike

1. Resembling or characteristic of a zipper.

   But “Configuration,” a zipperlike jolt of ascent from Coltrane’s late period, played to everyone’s strengths. Mr. Cyrille started it forcefully, free of tempo, and Mr. Lovano joined him, blustering without snarl.

   2009 September 25, Nate Chinen, “It Feels Like Home: The Sounds of Coltrane”, in New York Times

   Synonyms: ziplike