āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Zipper
01
āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ°, āĻā§āĻāĻ¨
an object with two plastic toothed strips used for fastening the open edges of a piece of clothing, bag, etc.
Dialect
American
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The backpack 's zipper broke, spilling its contents all over the floor.
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§, āĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ°, āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻ¤āĻ°āĻā§āĻ
(surfing) a wave that rises and breaks rapidly, often in a fast-moving, linear fashion, resembling the motion of a zipper
Informal
Specialized
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The wave was a perfect zipper â short but sweet, and I got in a few quick turns.
āĻ¤āĻ°āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ â āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
to zipper
01
āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to fasten or close something using a zipper
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He zippered the backpack shut.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
zipper
zip
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
