WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
zip•per /ˈzɪpɚ/USA pronunciation
n.
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- [countable]
- Clothinga device for fastening clothing, luggage, etc., consisting of two parallel tracks of teeth or coils that can be interlocked or separated by the pulling of a slide between them.
- a person or thing that zips.
v.
- zip2.
zip•per
(zip′ər),USA pronunciation n.
v.t., v.i.
zip′per•less, adj.
- ClothingAlso called slide fastener. a device used for fastening clothing, valises, etc., consisting of two toothed tracks or spiral metal or plastic coils, each bordering one of two edges to be joined, and a piece that either interlocks or separates them when pulled.
- a person or thing that zips.
- Clothinga rubber and fabric boot or overshoe fastened up the leg by a zipper.
- a large illuminated display of news bulletins or advertisements that rapidly and continously flash by on an upper part of a building.
v.t., v.i.
- zip2.
- 1920–25, American; formerly a trademark; see zip1, -er1
'zipper' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
foot
- garment bag
- slide fastener
- stick
- unzip
- unzipped
- vest
- zip
- zip fastener
- zip-in
- zip-out
- zippered