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unzip

[ uhn-zip ]

verb (used with object)

unzipped, unzipping.
  1. to open the zipper of.


verb (used without object)

unzipped, unzipping.
  1. to become unzipped.

unzip

/ ʌˈɪ /

verb

  1. to unfasten the zip of (a garment) or (of a zip or garment with a zip) to become unfastened

    her skirt unzipped as she sat down

  2. tr computing to decompress (a file) that had previously been zipped
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unzip1

First recorded in 1935–40; un- 2 + zip 2
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Suspicious, the officers unzipped the suitcase’s lining and found a stack of 13 white T-shirts “that were wet and appeared to be caked with a white powdery substance,” according to the affidavit.

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The electrical and electronic engineering student said: "I unzipped the outer packaging and saw something move and was like, what's this?"

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As the new technique can create nanostructures anywhere on a sample, they also unzipped two lines in parallel.

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Sitting at the foot of her bed, she unzipped her backpack and pulled out the shoebox she’d saved from her old house.

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While they climbed into the third row, Cat unzipped her backpack and looked inside.

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