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zipperlike

zipperlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a zipper.

Adjective

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

Synonyms of zipperlike

Forms of zipperlike

comparativemore zipperlike
superlativemost zipperlike

Origin of zipperlike

From zipper + -like.

Questions about zipperlike

What does zipperlike mean?
Zipperlike means resembling or characteristic of a zipper.
What part of speech is zipperlike?
Zipperlike is an adjective.

Words near zipperlike in the dictionary

  1. zipperheads
  2. zippering
  3. zippering down
  4. zippering up
  5. zipperless
  6. zipperlike
  7. zippers
  8. zippers down
  9. zippers up
  10. zippersex
  11. zippertits

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