unzip
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un·zip

verb \-ˈzip\

Definition of UNZIP

transitive verb
: to zip open
intransitive verb
: to open by or as if by means of a zipper

Examples of UNZIP

  1. She unzipped the tent flap.

First Known Use of UNZIP

1939

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