Definition of "zipper" in English

noun

1. (chiefly US, Australia) A zip fastener.

   • He got his T-shirt stuck in the zipper of his jacket.

2. A pressure-sensitive plastic closure, as on a Ziploc bag.

3. (biochemistry) A leucine zipper.

4. (slang) A scar on a person's body.

5. (US, military, slang, dated) An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk.

6. (BDSM) A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off.

7. (programming) A technique for arbitrarily traversing an aggregate data structure and updating its contents. See zipper (data structure).

8. A zipline.

verb

1. To close a zipper.

   • He zippered his sweater against the cold.

2. To put a zipper on an article.

   • These fall jackets are zippered.

3. To act in a manner similar to a zipper.