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Meanings of zipper in English

Russian
молния
Portuguese
fecho ecler
Spanish
cremallera
Catalan
cremallera
Wikidata

Device for fastening the edges of an opening of fabric or other flexible material.

      молния

      Close with a zipper.

          Synonyms
          Examples for "fly"
          Examples for "fly"
          1
          However, fly-tipping costs councils and therefore the taxpayer a lot of money.
          BBC
          2
          The normal infant was able to fly early in its second year.
          Last and First Men
          3
          Pilots love to fly and public sector workers love helping the public.
          The Guardian
          4
          However, the political opposition in the province won't let this one fly.
          The South African
          5
          OPINION:When you fly along the Mediterranean today, what do you see below?
          The Irish Times
          1
          The house they stopped in front of was rather dingy and forbidding.
          Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains; or, A Christmas Succe...
          2
          Image matters and what will a cramped, dingy space say about yours?
          The Irish Times
          3
          The second rescue was again of Kiribati fishermen, missing in a dingy.
          Radio NZ
          4
          Four or five dingy forms dart in and out among the tepees.
          Under Fire
          5
          Rouletabille crossed the court and entered the dingy old room once more.
          The Secret of the Night
          1
          Thus, the quality of your school is determined by your zip code.
          Reuters
          2
          Our zip code has been called the most dangerous in Kansas City.
          Ebony
          3
          That, combined with its excellent zip, unfortunately makes it vulnerable to damage.
          Wired
          4
          Patient income was estimated from residential zip code at time of HCT.
          Pubmed
          5
          One recent story nicely summed up his zip and lack of pretension.
          The Irish Times
          1
          The Talon Slide Fastener Co. make most of the zippers used in this country.
          The new yorker
          2
          The contest was sponsored by the City of New York in conjunction with the Slide Fastener Association, supported by a grant from the U.S. Dept.
          The new yorker
          1
          The zip fastener had long since been wrenched out of them.
          Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
          2
          BRITAIN: The man who invented the zip fastener was today honoured with a lifetime peerage.
          The Irish Times
          3
          The zip was held shut by a common travel-style Yale padlock through holes in two zip fasteners.
          The Guardian
          Usage of zipper in English
          1
          With his free hand Tank fumbled with the zipper of his jacket.
          Deadly Décisions
          2
          He initialed the tape and put it in a small zipper case.
          The Shining
          3
          I froze, the zipper worked most of the way down Sophie's back.
          Perfect State
          4
          The bow covered the zipper and was held in place by snaps.
          Dead ever after
          5
          I help her with the zipper at the back of her dress.
          Say you're one of them
          6
          He found himself fingering the toothed track of his own jacket zipper.
          Little Fuzzy
          7
          We also demonstrate that this leucine-zipper structure can interact with cellular proteins.
          Pubmed
          8
          The zipper was open and the keys dangled loose on the glass.
          A touch of death
          9
          A little help here? She gestured to the zipper on the back.
          The Good Girls
          10
          In the kitchen he heard a zipper-rasp as she opened her parka.
          Misery
          11
          I fumble with the zipper and turn my back to the officer.
          Lone Wolf
          12
          Eph drew the zipper all the way down to the bottom seam.
          The strain
          13
          Einar watched the boy wriggling away from them, working at his zipper.
          Bone fire
          14
          I tugged at my jeans, putting a shaking hand to the zipper.
          Three to get deadly and four to score
          15
          An elastic toothbrush sleeve and wallet-sized zipper pocket round out the package.
          Climbing Magazine
          16
          Michelle was with me. Kate played with the zipper on her parka.
          Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
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          Translations for zipper
          Catalan
          cremallera
          Zipper through the time
          Zipper across language varieties
          United States of America
          Common