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unzipping

unzipping is the present participle and gerund of unzip.

Meaning of unzip

Verb

unzip (third-person singular simple present unzips, present participle unzipping, simple past and past participle unzipped)

  1. (transitive) To open something using a zipper.
    • He turned back and started unzipping a bag.2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 274
  2. (intransitive) To come open by means of a zipper.
  3. (transitive) To restore (compressed data) to its original form, from a zip file.

Noun

unzipping (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

Forms of unzipping

pluralunzippings

Questions about unzipping

What does unzipping mean?
Unzipping means the act by which something is unzipped.
What is unzipping the present participle and gerund of?
Unzipping is the present participle and gerund of unzip.
What part of speech is unzipping?
Unzipping is a noun.
What is the plural of unzipping?
The plural of unzipping is unzippings.

Words near unzipping in the dictionary

  1. unzipped
  2. unzipper
  3. unzippered
  4. unzippering
  5. unzippers
  6. unzipping
  7. unzippings
  8. unzips
  9. unzoki
  10. unzombified
  11. unzombify

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unzipping (page history and authors); unzip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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