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gunzip

gunzip verb: to decompress using the gzip program.

Verb

gunzip (third-person singular simple present gunzips, present participle gunzipping, simple past and past participle gunzipped)

  1. (transitive) To decompress using the gzip program.
    Synonyms:
    ungzip
    Antonyms:
    gzip

Synonyms of gunzip

Antonyms

Forms of gunzip

third-person singular presentgunzips
present participlegunzipping
past participlegunzipped
pastgunzipped

Origin of gunzip

From the name of the software program, originally short for GNU unzip.

Questions about gunzip

What does gunzip mean?
Gunzip means to decompress using the gzip program.
What part of speech is gunzip?
Gunzip is a verb.
What is the past tense of gunzip?
The past tense of gunzip is gunzipped.

Words near gunzip in the dictionary

  1. gunzelled
  2. gunzelling
  3. gunzels
  4. Gunzian
  5. Gunzib
  6. gunzip
  7. gunzipped
  8. gunzipping
  9. gunzips
  10. Guo
  11. Guo'anbu

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