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unzipper en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From un- + zipper.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To unzip.
   • He unzippers his fly, but he does not ask Mae to come to him as Lloyd did in scene 1. 1998, Robert J. Andreach, Creating the self in the contemporary American theatre, page 30:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
unzippers	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
unzippered	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
unzippered	Tense=Past		lexicographic
unzippering	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

unzipper en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From unzip + -er.

Meanings

1. A program that extracts files from compressed archives.
   • The problem is that you may not have the necessary unzipper. 1992 March 31, PC Mag, volume 11, number 6:
   • Which comes first, the ZIP file or the unzipper? You can't uncompress a file containing PKUNZIP unless you first have PKUNZIP. 1995, Urban A. LeJeune, Jeff Duntemann, Mosaic and Web Explorer, page 202:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
unzippers	Number=Plur		lexicographic