: a fastener consisting of two rows of metal or plastic teeth on strips of tape and a sliding piece that closes an opening by drawing the teeth together
Examples of zipper in a Sentence
Noun
The zipper was stuck and we couldn't open the suitcase.
Can you help him with his zipper?
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Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
The image made international headlines for revealing distorted and blurry fingers, a missing sleeve, and uneven zippers and prompted several news outlets to remove the manipulated image from their platforms.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
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Noun
There was something odd about the zipper on the Princess’s jacket, and a strange blurriness around Charlotte’s sleeve.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
The image made international headlines for revealing distorted and blurry fingers, a missing sleeve, and uneven zippers and prompted several news outlets to remove the manipulated image from their platforms.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Zipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zipper. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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