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Zipper
01
cerniera
an object with two plastic toothed strips used for fastening the open edges of a piece of clothing, bag, etc.
Dialect
American
American
Example
She struggled to pull up the zipper on her new dress, realizing it was slightly too tight.
Si è sforzata di tirare su la cerniera del suo nuovo vestito, rendendosi conto che era leggermente troppo stretto.
The backpack 's zipper broke, spilling its contents all over the floor.
La cerniera dello zaino si è rotta, facendo cadere il suo contenuto tutta per terra.
02
zipper, onda a zip
(surfing) a wave that rises and breaks rapidly, often in a fast-moving, linear fashion, resembling the motion of a zipper
Informal
SpecializedExample
I caught a zipper this morning; it broke so fast I barely had time to react.
The wave was a perfect zipper — short but sweet, and I got in a few quick turns.
to zipper
01
chiudere con la cerniera, serrare con la zip
to fasten with a zipper
