zipper
A pressure-sensitive plastic closure, as on a Ziploc bag.
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Born ~1925 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
FRUITS ZIPPER、全国ツアー国立代々木競技場 第一体育館公演4DAYSを完走！ 秋に史上最多18都市23公演を巡るホールツアー開催決定！
FRUITS ZIPPER、記念アリーナツアー完遂後の全国ホールツアー発表！ #FRUITS_ZIPPER #アリーナツアー #ホールツアー FRUITS ZIPPERが全国ツアーを発表！国立代々木競技場でのアリーナツアー成功に続き、今秋には18都市で23公演のホールツアーを開催予定です。
3D-printed Y-zipper turns from flexible to hard in less time than it takes to zip your fly www.techradar.com/tech/3d-prin...
Y-zipper MIT revives ‘lost’ design for space and robotics https://www.europesays.com/ie/471026/ MIT researchers have revived a rejected three-sided zip design first proposed four decades ago, creating a fastener that…
FRUITS ZIPPER、全国ツアーの新記録を打ち立てる秋のホールツアー発表！ #東京都 #渋谷区 #FRUITS_ZIPPER #アリーナツアー #全国ホールツアー FRUITS ZIPPERが、4周年記念アリーナツアーを完走し、秋の全国ホールツアーを発表しました。18都市23公演を巡る予定です。
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A pressure-sensitive plastic closure, as on a Ziploc bag.
I also competed in track and field at Idaho, and it's all because of putting the shot that I've got my long scar, my zipper, down the back of my neck.
“FRUITS ZIPPER、全国ツアー国立代々木競技場 第一体育館公演4DAYSを完走！ 秋に史上最多18都市23公演を巡るホールツアー開催決定！”
— Bluesky· May 2026“FRUITS ZIPPER、記念アリーナツアー完遂後の全国ホールツアー発表！ #FRUITS_ZIPPER #アリーナツアー #ホールツアー FRUITS ZIPPERが全国ツアーを発表！国立代々木競技場でのアリーナツアー成功に続き、今秋には18都市で23公演のホールツアーを開催予定です。”
— Bluesky· May 2026“3D-printed Y-zipper turns from flexible to hard in less time than it takes to zip your fly www.techradar.com/tech/3d-prin...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Y-zipper MIT revives ‘lost’ design for space and robotics https://www.europesays.com/ie/471026/ MIT researchers have revived a rejected three-sided zip design first proposed four decades ago, creating a fastener that…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“FRUITS ZIPPER、全国ツアーの新記録を打ち立てる秋のホールツアー発表！ #東京都 #渋谷区 #FRUITS_ZIPPER #アリーナツアー #全国ホールツアー FRUITS ZIPPERが、4周年記念アリーナツアーを完走し、秋の全国ホールツアーを発表しました。18都市23公演を巡る予定です。”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(chiefly, US, Australia) A zip fastener.
He got his T-shirt stuck in the zipper of his jacket.
"zipper" means: A zip fastener.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"zipper" means: A zip fastener.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (US) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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(biochemistry) A leucine zipper.
Making the transition from high school to college teams, for instance, he could not believe the scars his new players were sporting. "So many athletes had zippers down the side of their knee, or knees; they thought nothing of it and call…
“fly zipper broke out of nowhere and now I'm forced to cautiously arrange myself behind furniture and folders like Austin Powers for the rest of the day”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Gorgeous 🥰 The Talis zipper is amazing!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Das MIT hat eine rund 40 Jahre alte Technik verfeinert, um flexible Objekte in einen starren Zustand zu überführen. Der Y-Zipper kommt aus dem 3D-Drucker. #MIT”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Coats & Clark, why do you do this?! The zipper is packaged in a sealed cardboard sleeve. There is no way you can convince me that it is necessary to staple it to another strip of cardboard! I prefer to buy from WAWAK but sometimes I don't want to wait.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“MIT has refined an approximately 40-year-old technique to transform flexible objects into a rigid state. The Y-zipper comes from the 3D printer.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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