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▪ I. zipper, n. orig. U.S.|ˈzɪpə(r)|
[f. zip n. + -er1.]
1. = zip n. 4. Also transf. and fig.
Zipper was registered in the U.S. as a trade mark in April 1925 (with use of the term claimed since June 1923), but in the sense ‘boots made of rubber and fabric’. It is no longer a proprietary term in any of its uses. Quot. 1925, which appeared in the first Supplement to the O.E.D. (1933), and in the Dictionary of Americanisms, does not appear in surviving copies of Scribner's Mag.
1925Scribner's Mag. Oct. 22/2 (Advt.), No fastening is so quick, secure, or popular as the ‘zipper’. 1928Daily Express 11 Oct. 5/5 Bootees..fastening with ‘zippers’, press studs, or inset clips. 1933A. G. Macdonell England, their England viii. 130 Brown leather jerkins fastened up the front with that singular arrangement which is called a zipper. 1957New Yorker 29 June 24/2 He hated fiddling with things like zippers caught on tiny strips of cloth. 1959Listener 2 Apr. 593/2 We possess a biological zipper—an enzyme—which enables us to undo the chain [of the glucose molecules of starch]. 1966F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 21 Purra zipper on it, please be silent. 1979R. Jaffe Class Reunion i. xi. 105 She reached for the zipper of her skirt.
2. attrib. and Comb., as zipper bag, zipper fastener, zipper fastening, etc.
1925Harper's Bazaar June 108/3 (Advt.), A ‘zipper’ closing bag sometimes used to carry champagne. 1925Scribner'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. 1928Daily Express 15 Aug. 4/3 One 12-inch zipper fastener. Ibid. 11 Oct. 5/5 Zipper-fastened. 1937D. Aldis Time at her Heels ix. 196 He was wearing his dark blue zipper jacket. 1939A. Keith Land below Wind xx. 311 There were two zipper bags with dutiable goods. 1941[see fly n.2 4 a]. 1959C. Williams Man in Motion vii. 81 The briefcase..was a slender one, of the type with no handles, zipper-closed. 1960M. Spark Ballad Peckham Rye ii. 22 He sat down among his belongings, which were partly in and partly out of his zipper bag. 1969Sears Catal. Spring/Summer 6 Center zipper pocket divides bag into two handy sections. 1978Lancashire Life Mar. 70 (Advt.), Ladies zipper coats {pstlg}11.50. 1982R. Rendell Master of Moor xvi. 175 He put on the zipper jacket and went out.
▸ N. Amer. 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. Freq. in news zipper.
1957Holland (Mich.) Evening Sentinel 25 Apr. 19/4 (advt.) Look for the new zipper sign. 1982Los 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. 2003Columbia Journalism Rev. (Nexis) Jan.–Feb. Screens..crowded with info-bits, including a traveling zipper of text across the bottom. 2004N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Mar. c6/5 MetLife often flies a blimp over stadiums during sporting events, complete with a digital zipper that touts its services. 2006New Yorker 5 June 89/2 A stock ticker and a news zipper..take up a third of the screen.
▪ II. ˈzipper, v. orig. U.S.
[f. the n.]
trans. To fasten with a zipper. Also transf. and fig. Freq. const. up.
1930J. Lait Put on Spot 215 Zipper. To shut something up, principally the mouth. 1935N. Ersine Underworld & Prison Slang 80 Zipper, v., to cease talking. (Almost invariably the term is a command.) ‘Zipper that mug!’ 1961John o' London's 5 Oct. 398/2 Jean Renoir himself capering about zippered up..in a bear-suit. 1966D. F. Galouye Lost Perception vi. 60 Driving wind..tunnelled through the TUT's open cab and Forsythe zippered up his jacket. 1971Nature 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. 1974H. 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. 1984Sunday Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 19 Feb. 12/3 Much was made of the ‘keep it zippered’ dressing-down he gave to his fellow-astronauts. |