slide fastener

slide fastener

n

(Clothing & Fashion) chiefly US and Canadian another name for zip¹

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zip•per

(ˈzɪp ər)
n.

1. Also called slide fastener. a device for fastening clothing, luggage, etc., consisting of two parallel tracks of teeth or coils that can be interlocked or separated by the pulling of a slide between them.

2. a large illuminated display of news bulletins or advertisements that rapidly and continously flash by on an upper part of a building.

3. a person or thing that zips.

v.t., v.i.

4. zip ².

[1920–25, Amer.; formerly a trademark; see zip¹, -er¹]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

slide fastener - a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab zip fastener, zipper, zip cardigan - knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper dress, frock - a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place skirt - a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"

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Translations

fermeture Éclair