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zippers

zippers is the plural of zipper.

zippers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of zipper.

Meaning of zipper

Noun

zipper (plural zippers)

  1. (Australia, US) A zip fastener.
    • He got his T-shirt stuck in the zipper of his jacket.
  2. A pressure-sensitive plastic closure, as on a Ziploc bag.
  3. A leucine zipper.
  4. (slang) A scar on a person's body.
    • I also competed in track and field at Idaho, and it's all because of putting the shot that I've got my long scar, my zipper, down the back of my neck.1969, Jerry Kramer, Farewell to football, page 111
  5. (US, dated, slang) An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk.
    • […] the usual gap between the time the last strike of the day departed and the first night hecklers arrived was closed with "zippers" — night fighters who, using day fighter tactics, proceeded to the target in daylight in time to relieve the last day blanket patrol.1949, Walter Karig, Battle Report
  6. A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off.

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Phrases with zippers

Questions about zippers

What is zippers the plural of?
Zippers is the plural of zipper.

Words near zippers in the dictionary

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

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