zippern.

Brit.

/ˈzɪpə/, U.S.

/ˈzɪpər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: zip v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < zip v.¹ (compare sense 1a at that entry) + -er suffix¹.

†1. U.S. A brand name for: a type of boot or overshoe with a zip fastener. Obsolete.

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1923 Beatrice (Nebraska) Daily Sun 22 Nov. 3 (advt.) This cozy, snug fitting little Zipper boot worn right over your street shoes or your dainty slippers... A hookless fastener gives Zipper its name. Zipper has a smooth wool jersey top with cuff.

1925 Lincoln (Nebraska) Sunday Star 1 Nov. 7 These good looking zippers, zip up the front and are easier to walk in than most overshoes.

1928 Stanford (Calif.) Daily 6 Feb. 3 (advt.) Why take chances when you can save by wearing ZIPPERS.

2. Chiefly North American.

a. A fastening device for clothes, bags, and other items, consisting of two flexible strips with interlocking projections of metal or plastic which can be closed or opened by pulling a sliding tag along them; (also) the sliding tag on such a fastener; a zip.Zip is the more usual term outside North America (see zip n.¹ 2).

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > zip

zipper1924

zip1925

zip fastener1925

zip top1926

1924 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 11 Mar. 6 The dresses are simply made and feature the zipper fastener front. The zipper is made attractive by having a carved ivory motif that fastens or unfastens the dress.

1928 Daily Express 11 Oct. 5/5 Bootees..fastening with ‘zippers’, press studs, or inset clips.

1957 New Yorker 29 June 24/2 He hated fiddling with things like zippers caught on tiny strips of cloth.

1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion i. xi. 105 She reached for the zipper of her skirt.

1995 E. Arthur Antarctic Navigation 96 I had finished peeing and was pulling up my pants..but the zipper was stuck.

2019 D. Thomas Fashionopolis iii. 73 They modernized the jeans' design, replacing the button fly with zippers.

b. Used figuratively with mouth, lips, and similar words to indicate that a person should stop talking or is reluctant to talk. Cf. zipper v. 2.See also put a zipper on it at Phrases 2.

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1931 Arizona Silver Belt 5 Mar. 6/1 The kid doesn't know what it's all about. I'll put a zipper on his mouth.

1931 Liberty 29 Aug. 37/2 You and your friend are O. K. with me... O. K. so far, what I mean. But if you pull the zipper on that mouth of yours, it'll be too bad.

1941 Los Angeles Times 31 Mar. You better put the zipper on that bazzoo of yours, because, otherwise, you might talk yourself into the can for six months.

1993 Daily Herald (Chicago) 12 Nov. vi. 4/2 She didn't say ‘no’ and she didn't get mad. She just kept smiling, through the invisible zipper on her lips.

c. In scientific contexts: a structure or process whose mode of action resembles the opening or closing of a zip fastener. Frequently as a modifier.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [noun] > parts of other shape

network1658

strangulation1828

rod1844

zipper1937

1937 Science 15 Jan. 77/2 The work of adhesion between the protein film and the stearate film is not sufficient to give a sufficiently strong zipper action.

1950 Sci. Progress 38 8 The other question arises as to whether a structural irregularity, such as the introduction of other units into the polymer chain, itself interrupts the smooth flow of the ‘zipper’ reaction.

1988 Science 24 June 1732/2 Landschulz, Johnson, and McKnight propose that the leucine side chains from one protein molecule interdigitate with those on a second protein, effectively forming a zipper that holds the two molecules together.

2011 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 286 27537/1 Leucine zippers are oligomerization domains used in a wide range of proteins.

3. North American. A long electronic sign or screen which displays scrolling text such as news or advertisements. Now also: a band of scrolling text displayed on a television or computer screen; a news ticker. Frequently in news zipper.

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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [noun] > other types of advertisement

sky sign1887

blurb1914

neon sign1927

standee1930

teaser1934

zipper1957

hot button1966

1957 Holland (Mich.) Evening Sentinel 25 Apr. 19/4 (advt.) Look for the new zipper sign.

1982 Los Angeles Times 31 Dec. 1/4 The electronic news ‘zipper’ that once flashed news reports around No. 1 Times Square was lit up again today.

2003 Columbia Journalism Rev. (Nexis) Jan.–Feb. Screens..crowded with info-bits, including a traveling zipper of text across the bottom.

2006 New Yorker 5 June 89/2 A stock ticker and a news zipper..take up a third of the screen.

2013 K. T. McLeish Making War at Fort Hood v. 218 The digital zipper sign at the pawnshop at the intersection of Hood Road and Route 190 in the center of Killeen flashes, We Love Our Soldiers!!! Great Deals!!! Best Prices For Your Stuff!!!

Phrases

P1. colloquial. to put the zipper on (also to put a zipper on): to put a stop to (something); to interrupt or prevent (a plan or course of action). Cf. sense 2b.

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1937 Sat. Spectator (Terre Haute, Indiana) 20 Nov. 4/2 It behooves every voter in Vigo county to put a zipper on his enthusiasm.

1986 P. Evans Ari xvii. 293 He just wanted to put the zipper on the rumors.

2011 Independent 17 Nov. 43/3 [He] wrote to the Smithsonian's Surprising Science blog to put the zipper on Levi's suggestion.

P2. colloquial. put a zipper on it: ‘be quiet’, ‘shut up’.

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1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 21 Purra zipper on it, please be silent.

1986 M. Z. Lewin Late Payments ix. 58 ‘Put a zipper on it, Leroy,’ she said. ‘I don't have spare time either, especially not for one of your tantrums.’

2007 B. McGrory Strangled iii. 18 Jack, if you could just put a zipper on it for about three minutes, that might be helpful.

Compounds

C1.

a. As a modifier with the sense ‘of or involving a zipper; opened or closed by means of a zipper; provided with a zipper’, as in zipper bag, zipper fastener, zipper fastening, zipper pull, etc.

1924 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 11 Mar. 6 The dresses are simply made and feature the zipper fastener front.

1925 Scribner's Mag. June 31/1 (advt.) The most convenient and attractive form of the pocket purse is this one of lizard calf, leather lined, with a zipper fastening.

1937 D. Aldis Time at Her Heels ix. 196 He was wearing his dark blue zipper jacket.

1941 I. Baird He rides Sky 234 A pair of tennis shorts with zipper fly.

1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye ii. 22 He sat down among his belongings, which were partly in and partly out of his zipper bag.

1991 Fly Rod & Reel Mar. 56/2 Double zipper pulls can provide access to either end of a bag, and can be locked together.

b. As a modifier with the sense ‘with or by means of a zipper’, as in zipper-closed, zipper-fastened, etc.

1926 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 3 Dec. 8 (advt.) Boys New Zipper Sweaters... Featuring the Zipper closed front.

1928 Daily Express 11 Oct. 5/5 Zipper-fastened.

1959 C. Williams Man in Motion vii. 81 The briefcase..was a slender one, of the type with no handles, zipper-closed.

1998 Chicago Tribune 15 Mar. xv. 6/2 Put the packets into a zipper-locked freezer bag.

C2. Chiefly North American. As a modifier, designating a method of merging traffic in a situation where two lanes are required to merge into one (typically where one lane is closed as a result of construction work), whereby drivers are instructed to stay in lane until the merging point, and then drivers in the open lane take turns allowing drivers in the closing lane to merge in front of them; chiefly in zipper merge, zipper merging. [With reference to the merging cars in this system resembling the interlocking teeth of a closing zipper.]

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1996 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 30 Dec. a10 Drivers coming from the on-ramp would assist those already on the expressway by matching their speed to the flow of traffic, and then using the ‘zipper’ method of entering—one car per available space.

2001 Washington Post 5 July (Fairfax Extra Suppl.) 20/1 Traffic signs frequently instruct drivers to delay merges until the end of the merge lane... Drivers are taught to use the ‘zipper’ merge.

2008 T. Vanderbilt Traffic (2009) 4 After passing dozens of cars, I made it to the bottleneck point, where..I took my rightful turn in the small alternating ‘zipper’ merge that had formed.

2019 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 31 Mar. (Metro ed.) 5 b [The driver]..was zipper merging, but her efforts were thwarted by a left lane vigilante who would not let her in line... Zipper merging is the law, but..[her]..experience prompted her to ask why Minnesotans can't zipper merge.

C3.

zipper foot n. a type of sewing machine foot (see foot n. 11d) designed for sewing zips into clothing, etc.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > parts of or attachments for

presser bar1813

flat bed1819

shuttle1847

foot1854

looper1857

take-up1859

work holder1859

feller1860

shuttle-carrier1860

binder1865

braider1866

ruffler1868

presser foot1875

shuttle-windera1877

tension-device1877

thread-cutter1877

thread-oiler1877

tuck-creaser1877

tucking-gauge1877

tuck-marker1877

thread-guide1924

zipper foot1938

free arm1948

balance-wheel1961

tuck-folder-

1938 Republican-Courier (Findlay, Ohio) 20 Dec. 7 (advt.) The following practical Christmas presents may be purchased here..: zipper feet for White or Singer machines, self-wringing mops, etc.

1991 Which? Oct. 593/1 All the machines except the new Home JA1508 have a zipper foot that can be shifted from left to right of the needle.

2013 J. Giammalva Essent. A-line 17 An invisible zipper foot is different from a regular zipper foot because it has grooves in the bottom for the zipper teeth to slide through and it allows the needle to get much closer to the teeth than a regular zipper foot does.

zipper problem n. euphemistic (originally U.S.) (with reference to a man) a habit of sexual promiscuity or infidelity. [With reference to the zipper on the flies of a pair of trousers.] The expression is often used in the context of (alleged) sexual misconduct by male public figures, gaining prominence in the 1990s in relation to accusations against Bill Clinton, U.S. President 1993–2001 (cf. quot. 1999).

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > unfaithfulness

unfaithfulness1848

two-timing1927

zipper problem1985

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > promiscuity

promiscuousness1676

promiscuity1847

swinging1964

tomming1981

zipper problem1985

1985 N.Y. Amsterdam News 31 Aug. 3/1 [He] had gotten the boot from Koch for alleged incompetence, excessive debauchery and an alleged ‘zipper problem’.

1999 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 4 Feb. 2 a/1 How did a president's zipper problem become a constitutional crisis?

2010 J. Collins Poor Little Bitch Girl ii. 11 Matt was an up-and-coming political journalist who everyone..knew had a major zipper problem.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

zipperv.

Brit.

/ˈzɪpə/, U.S.

/ˈzɪpər/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: zipper n.

Etymology: < zipper n. Compare earlier zip v.¹ 2.

Originally U.S.

a. transitive. To close or fasten (something, esp. an item of clothing) by means of a zip (frequently with up). Also (with open, down, etc.): to open or unfasten (something) by means of a zip (cf. unzipper v.).The verb zipper is frequently found in North American English, with zip being the more usual term outside North America (see zip v.¹ 2b).

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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > with a zipper

zip1927

zipper1927

to zip up1932

1927 Indianapolis Sunday Star 16 Jan. (Mag. section) 4/3 Mabel Harlan had the most fetching costume consisting of a vivid vermilion soft suede jacket, belted and ‘zippered’ up the front to the small collar.

1966 D. F. Galouye Lost Perception vi. 60 Driving wind..tunnelled through the TUT's open cab and Forsythe zippered up his jacket.

1972 B. Pronzini Panic! 46 He knelt and pulled the bag out and zippered it open.

1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens vi. 284 After he tucked in his shirt, he closed his pants, zippered them up, put his belt back, and then left.

2014 M. Solana Citizen Sim ii. ii. 167 She zippered down her left boot and withdrew a pistol grip.

2018 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 11 Feb. m2 I zippered my jacket to my chin, pulled my scarf in an extra loop, and walked on in the cold.

b. intransitive. To open or unfasten, or close or fasten, in a specified way by means of a zip; to have a zip fastener.

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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > become closed or shut [verb (intransitive)] > close with a zipper

zip1925

zipper1930

1930 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 26 Dec. 19/2 These coats in the newer models..do actually slip over the head and zipper up the front and down the cuffs closing in the wrists from any stray drops.

1969 N.Y. Times Mag. 4 May 72/1 (advt.) All-purpose nylon pullover... It zippers closed on the left shoulder.

2014 MailOnline (Nexis) 10 Dec. (TV& Showbiz section) Jennifer looked flawless in the grey ensemble that zippered up the front.

c. transitive. To fasten the clothes of (a person) by means of a zip; to enclose (a person) in something by closing it with a zip; to zip (a person) into something. Frequently with up.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > fasten

lace?c1225

gird1297

belta1400

buttona1425

garterc1440

lashc1440

pointa1470

trussa1475

lace1485

fasten1600

truss1610

bind1720

staylace1832

sandal1897

zip1929

to zip up1937

zipper1938

1938 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-Times 31 Dec. 7 She..expects her husband to zipper her up in the back as often as she puts buttons in his shirt.

1941 J. Kelly Marriage is Private Affair vii. 162 She..zippered him into his blue blanket and opened the window and kissed his cheek.

1989 M. Milan Squad 107 Then I rolled him over on his stomach, brought the bag around, and zippered him up.

2007 P. Williams Egg Race iv. 28 ‘Zipper me up, love.’ Stevie gave the zip a sharp tug.

2. transitive. figurative (chiefly North American). To keep (one's mouth or lips) closed so as not to talk or divulge information. Frequently used in commands to stop talking, as in zipper your mouth. Cf. zip v.¹ 2d.

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1930 J. Lait Put on Spot 212 Zipper. To shut something up, principally the mouth.

1942 Winnipeg Free Press 22 Aug. 9 You can spread panic and discontent so easily when we need calm and efficiency so desperately. Zipper your lips.

1954 C. H. Rathjen Smoke-eater xxi. 205 ‘Zipper your mouth,’ Monk would retort. ‘You're making more draft than the wind.’

1994 R. Evans Kid stays in Picture (1995) xlv. 415 Again I bit my tongue, zippered my lips.

3. transitive. In scientific contexts: to bind or attach (adjacent polymeric molecules, membranes, etc.) as if by a zip fastener, esp. by a linear or sequential series of bonds or links. Also intransitive (usually with up): to become linked or attached as if by a zip. Cf. zip v.¹ 2e.

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1955 T. J. Schoch & A. L. Elder in Adv. in Chem. 22 27 This concept of intermolecular association likewise explains the reverse action of retrogradation, zippering together linear molecules to give gels or insoluble precipitates.

1960 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 46 1192 The presence, shortly after cooling, of rods (presumably triple helices) suggests that the single helices ‘zipper’ up with ease.

1971 Nature 3 Sept. 48/2 It seems to act by zippering together chromosomes which have their homologous telomeres attached next to each other at the nuclear membrane.

2003 Science 4 Apr. 63/3 (caption) The hole in the upper (dorsal) surface of the embryonic epidermis is in the process of being zippered closed from both the left and right ends.

2016 D. Elliott & M. Ladomery Molecular Biol. RNA (ed. 2) ii. 14/2 While ‘single-stranded’ RNA molecules do not usually have full-length partner strands of RNA to zipper up with, RNA molecules form a number of shorter helices instead through base pairing either within or between molecules.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zipper
释义	zippern. Brit. /ˈzɪpə/, U.S. /ˈzɪpər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: zip v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < zip v.¹ (compare sense 1a at that entry) + -er suffix¹. †1. U.S. A brand name for: a type of boot or overshoe with a zip fastener. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1923 Beatrice (Nebraska) Daily Sun 22 Nov. 3 (advt.) This cozy, snug fitting little Zipper boot worn right over your street shoes or your dainty slippers... A hookless fastener gives Zipper its name. Zipper has a smooth wool jersey top with cuff. 1925 Lincoln (Nebraska) Sunday Star 1 Nov. 7 These good looking zippers, zip up the front and are easier to walk in than most overshoes. 1928 Stanford (Calif.) Daily 6 Feb. 3 (advt.) Why take chances when you can save by wearing ZIPPERS. 2. Chiefly North American. a. A fastening device for clothes, bags, and other items, consisting of two flexible strips with interlocking projections of metal or plastic which can be closed or opened by pulling a sliding tag along them; (also) the sliding tag on such a fastener; a zip.Zip is the more usual term outside North America (see zip n.¹ 2). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > zip zipper1924 zip1925 zip fastener1925 zip top1926 1924 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 11 Mar. 6 The dresses are simply made and feature the zipper fastener front. The zipper is made attractive by having a carved ivory motif that fastens or unfastens the dress. 1928 Daily Express 11 Oct. 5/5 Bootees..fastening with ‘zippers’, press studs, or inset clips. 1957 New Yorker 29 June 24/2 He hated fiddling with things like zippers caught on tiny strips of cloth. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion i. xi. 105 She reached for the zipper of her skirt. 1995 E. Arthur Antarctic Navigation 96 I had finished peeing and was pulling up my pants..but the zipper was stuck. 2019 D. Thomas Fashionopolis iii. 73 They modernized the jeans' design, replacing the button fly with zippers. b. Used figuratively with mouth, lips, and similar words to indicate that a person should stop talking or is reluctant to talk. Cf. zipper v. 2.See also put a zipper on it at Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1931 Arizona Silver Belt 5 Mar. 6/1 The kid doesn't know what it's all about. I'll put a zipper on his mouth. 1931 Liberty 29 Aug. 37/2 You and your friend are O. K. with me... O. K. so far, what I mean. But if you pull the zipper on that mouth of yours, it'll be too bad. 1941 Los Angeles Times 31 Mar. You better put the zipper on that bazzoo of yours, because, otherwise, you might talk yourself into the can for six months. 1993 Daily Herald (Chicago) 12 Nov. vi. 4/2 She didn't say ‘no’ and she didn't get mad. She just kept smiling, through the invisible zipper on her lips. c. In scientific contexts: a structure or process whose mode of action resembles the opening or closing of a zip fastener. Frequently as a modifier. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [noun] > parts of other shape network1658 strangulation1828 rod1844 zipper1937 1937 Science 15 Jan. 77/2 The work of adhesion between the protein film and the stearate film is not sufficient to give a sufficiently strong zipper action. 1950 Sci. Progress 38 8 The other question arises as to whether a structural irregularity, such as the introduction of other units into the polymer chain, itself interrupts the smooth flow of the ‘zipper’ reaction. 1988 Science 24 June 1732/2 Landschulz, Johnson, and McKnight propose that the leucine side chains from one protein molecule interdigitate with those on a second protein, effectively forming a zipper that holds the two molecules together. 2011 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 286 27537/1 Leucine zippers are oligomerization domains used in a wide range of proteins. 3. North American. A long electronic sign or screen which displays scrolling text such as news or advertisements. Now also: a band of scrolling text displayed on a television or computer screen; a news ticker. Frequently in news zipper. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [noun] > other types of advertisement sky sign1887 blurb1914 neon sign1927 standee1930 teaser1934 zipper1957 hot button1966 1957 Holland (Mich.) Evening Sentinel 25 Apr. 19/4 (advt.) Look for the new zipper sign. 1982 Los Angeles Times 31 Dec. 1/4 The electronic news ‘zipper’ that once flashed news reports around No. 1 Times Square was lit up again today. 2003 Columbia Journalism Rev. (Nexis) Jan.–Feb. Screens..crowded with info-bits, including a traveling zipper of text across the bottom. 2006 New Yorker 5 June 89/2 A stock ticker and a news zipper..take up a third of the screen. 2013 K. T. McLeish Making War at Fort Hood v. 218 The digital zipper sign at the pawnshop at the intersection of Hood Road and Route 190 in the center of Killeen flashes, We Love Our Soldiers!!! Great Deals!!! Best Prices For Your Stuff!!! Phrases P1. colloquial. to put the zipper on (also to put a zipper on): to put a stop to (something); to interrupt or prevent (a plan or course of action). Cf. sense 2b. ΚΠ 1937 Sat. Spectator (Terre Haute, Indiana) 20 Nov. 4/2 It behooves every voter in Vigo county to put a zipper on his enthusiasm. 1986 P. Evans Ari xvii. 293 He just wanted to put the zipper on the rumors. 2011 Independent 17 Nov. 43/3 [He] wrote to the Smithsonian's Surprising Science blog to put the zipper on Levi's suggestion. P2. colloquial. put a zipper on it: ‘be quiet’, ‘shut up’. ΚΠ 1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 21 Purra zipper on it, please be silent. 1986 M. Z. Lewin Late Payments ix. 58 ‘Put a zipper on it, Leroy,’ she said. ‘I don't have spare time either, especially not for one of your tantrums.’ 2007 B. McGrory Strangled iii. 18 Jack, if you could just put a zipper on it for about three minutes, that might be helpful. Compounds C1. a. As a modifier with the sense ‘of or involving a zipper; opened or closed by means of a zipper; provided with a zipper’, as in zipper bag, zipper fastener, zipper fastening, zipper pull, etc. Π 1924 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 11 Mar. 6 The dresses are simply made and feature the zipper fastener front. 1925 Scribner's Mag. June 31/1 (advt.) The most convenient and attractive form of the pocket purse is this one of lizard calf, leather lined, with a zipper fastening. 1937 D. Aldis Time at Her Heels ix. 196 He was wearing his dark blue zipper jacket. 1941 I. Baird He rides Sky 234 A pair of tennis shorts with zipper fly. 1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye ii. 22 He sat down among his belongings, which were partly in and partly out of his zipper bag. 1991 Fly Rod & Reel Mar. 56/2 Double zipper pulls can provide access to either end of a bag, and can be locked together. b. As a modifier with the sense ‘with or by means of a zipper’, as in zipper-closed, zipper-fastened, etc. Π 1926 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 3 Dec. 8 (advt.) Boys New Zipper Sweaters... Featuring the Zipper closed front. 1928 Daily Express 11 Oct. 5/5 Zipper-fastened. 1959 C. Williams Man in Motion vii. 81 The briefcase..was a slender one, of the type with no handles, zipper-closed. 1998 Chicago Tribune 15 Mar. xv. 6/2 Put the packets into a zipper-locked freezer bag. C2. Chiefly North American. As a modifier, designating a method of merging traffic in a situation where two lanes are required to merge into one (typically where one lane is closed as a result of construction work), whereby drivers are instructed to stay in lane until the merging point, and then drivers in the open lane take turns allowing drivers in the closing lane to merge in front of them; chiefly in zipper merge, zipper merging. [With reference to the merging cars in this system resembling the interlocking teeth of a closing zipper.] ΚΠ 1996 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 30 Dec. a10 Drivers coming from the on-ramp would assist those already on the expressway by matching their speed to the flow of traffic, and then using the ‘zipper’ method of entering—one car per available space. 2001 Washington Post 5 July (Fairfax Extra Suppl.) 20/1 Traffic signs frequently instruct drivers to delay merges until the end of the merge lane... Drivers are taught to use the ‘zipper’ merge. 2008 T. Vanderbilt Traffic (2009) 4 After passing dozens of cars, I made it to the bottleneck point, where..I took my rightful turn in the small alternating ‘zipper’ merge that had formed. 2019 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 31 Mar. (Metro ed.) 5 b [The driver]..was zipper merging, but her efforts were thwarted by a left lane vigilante who would not let her in line... Zipper merging is the law, but..[her]..experience prompted her to ask why Minnesotans can't zipper merge. C3. zipper foot n. a type of sewing machine foot (see foot n. 11d) designed for sewing zips into clothing, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > parts of or attachments for presser bar1813 flat bed1819 shuttle1847 foot1854 looper1857 take-up1859 work holder1859 feller1860 shuttle-carrier1860 binder1865 braider1866 ruffler1868 presser foot1875 shuttle-windera1877 tension-device1877 thread-cutter1877 thread-oiler1877 tuck-creaser1877 tucking-gauge1877 tuck-marker1877 thread-guide1924 zipper foot1938 free arm1948 balance-wheel1961 tuck-folder- 1938 Republican-Courier (Findlay, Ohio) 20 Dec. 7 (advt.) The following practical Christmas presents may be purchased here..: zipper feet for White or Singer machines, self-wringing mops, etc. 1991 Which? Oct. 593/1 All the machines except the new Home JA1508 have a zipper foot that can be shifted from left to right of the needle. 2013 J. Giammalva Essent. A-line 17 An invisible zipper foot is different from a regular zipper foot because it has grooves in the bottom for the zipper teeth to slide through and it allows the needle to get much closer to the teeth than a regular zipper foot does. zipper problem n. euphemistic (originally U.S.) (with reference to a man) a habit of sexual promiscuity or infidelity. [With reference to the zipper on the flies of a pair of trousers.] The expression is often used in the context of (alleged) sexual misconduct by male public figures, gaining prominence in the 1990s in relation to accusations against Bill Clinton, U.S. President 1993–2001 (cf. quot. 1999). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > unfaithfulness unfaithfulness1848 two-timing1927 zipper problem1985 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > promiscuity promiscuousness1676 promiscuity1847 swinging1964 tomming1981 zipper problem1985 1985 N.Y. Amsterdam News 31 Aug. 3/1 [He] had gotten the boot from Koch for alleged incompetence, excessive debauchery and an alleged ‘zipper problem’. 1999 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 4 Feb. 2 a/1 How did a president's zipper problem become a constitutional crisis? 2010 J. Collins Poor Little Bitch Girl ii. 11 Matt was an up-and-coming political journalist who everyone..knew had a major zipper problem. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). zipperv. Brit. /ˈzɪpə/, U.S. /ˈzɪpər/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: zipper n. Etymology: < zipper n. Compare earlier zip v.¹ 2. Originally U.S. 1. a. transitive. To close or fasten (something, esp. an item of clothing) by means of a zip (frequently with up). Also (with open, down, etc.): to open or unfasten (something) by means of a zip (cf. unzipper v.).The verb zipper is frequently found in North American English, with zip being the more usual term outside North America (see zip v.¹ 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > with a zipper zip1927 zipper1927 to zip up1932 1927 Indianapolis Sunday Star 16 Jan. (Mag. section) 4/3 Mabel Harlan had the most fetching costume consisting of a vivid vermilion soft suede jacket, belted and ‘zippered’ up the front to the small collar. 1966 D. F. Galouye Lost Perception vi. 60 Driving wind..tunnelled through the TUT's open cab and Forsythe zippered up his jacket. 1972 B. Pronzini Panic! 46 He knelt and pulled the bag out and zippered it open. 1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens vi. 284 After he tucked in his shirt, he closed his pants, zippered them up, put his belt back, and then left. 2014 M. Solana Citizen Sim ii. ii. 167 She zippered down her left boot and withdrew a pistol grip. 2018 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 11 Feb. m2 I zippered my jacket to my chin, pulled my scarf in an extra loop, and walked on in the cold. b. intransitive. To open or unfasten, or close or fasten, in a specified way by means of a zip; to have a zip fastener. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > become closed or shut [verb (intransitive)] > close with a zipper zip1925 zipper1930 1930 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 26 Dec. 19/2 These coats in the newer models..do actually slip over the head and zipper up the front and down the cuffs closing in the wrists from any stray drops. 1969 N.Y. Times Mag. 4 May 72/1 (advt.) All-purpose nylon pullover... It zippers closed on the left shoulder. 2014 MailOnline (Nexis) 10 Dec. (TV& Showbiz section) Jennifer looked flawless in the grey ensemble that zippered up the front. c. transitive. To fasten the clothes of (a person) by means of a zip; to enclose (a person) in something by closing it with a zip; to zip (a person) into something. Frequently with up. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > fasten lace?c1225 gird1297 belta1400 buttona1425 garterc1440 lashc1440 pointa1470 trussa1475 lace1485 fasten1600 truss1610 bind1720 staylace1832 sandal1897 zip1929 to zip up1937 zipper1938 1938 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-Times 31 Dec. 7 She..expects her husband to zipper her up in the back as often as she puts buttons in his shirt. 1941 J. Kelly Marriage is Private Affair vii. 162 She..zippered him into his blue blanket and opened the window and kissed his cheek. 1989 M. Milan Squad 107 Then I rolled him over on his stomach, brought the bag around, and zippered him up. 2007 P. Williams Egg Race iv. 28 ‘Zipper me up, love.’ Stevie gave the zip a sharp tug. 2. transitive. figurative (chiefly North American). To keep (one's mouth or lips) closed so as not to talk or divulge information. Frequently used in commands to stop talking, as in zipper your mouth. Cf. zip v.¹ 2d. ΚΠ 1930 J. Lait Put on Spot 212 Zipper. To shut something up, principally the mouth. 1942 Winnipeg Free Press 22 Aug. 9 You can spread panic and discontent so easily when we need calm and efficiency so desperately. Zipper your lips. 1954 C. H. Rathjen Smoke-eater xxi. 205 ‘Zipper your mouth,’ Monk would retort. ‘You're making more draft than the wind.’ 1994 R. Evans Kid stays in Picture (1995) xlv. 415 Again I bit my tongue, zippered my lips. 3. transitive. In scientific contexts: to bind or attach (adjacent polymeric molecules, membranes, etc.) as if by a zip fastener, esp. by a linear or sequential series of bonds or links. Also intransitive (usually with up): to become linked or attached as if by a zip. Cf. zip v.¹ 2e. ΚΠ 1955 T. J. Schoch & A. L. Elder in Adv. in Chem. 22 27 This concept of intermolecular association likewise explains the reverse action of retrogradation, zippering together linear molecules to give gels or insoluble precipitates. 1960 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 46 1192 The presence, shortly after cooling, of rods (presumably triple helices) suggests that the single helices ‘zipper’ up with ease. 1971 Nature 3 Sept. 48/2 It seems to act by zippering together chromosomes which have their homologous telomeres attached next to each other at the nuclear membrane. 2003 Science 4 Apr. 63/3 (caption) The hole in the upper (dorsal) surface of the embryonic epidermis is in the process of being zippered closed from both the left and right ends. 2016 D. Elliott & M. Ladomery Molecular Biol. RNA (ed. 2) ii. 14/2 While ‘single-stranded’ RNA molecules do not usually have full-length partner strands of RNA to zipper up with, RNA molecules form a number of shorter helices instead through base pairing either within or between molecules. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1923v.1927
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