unzip

English

Etymology

un- +‎ zip

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪp

Verb

unzip (third-person singular simple present unzips, present participle unzipping, simple past and past participle unzipped)

1. (transitive) To open something using a zipper.
2. (intransitive) To come open by means of a zipper.
3. (computing, transitive) To decompress (a zip file).

Antonyms

• zip up

Translations

to open something using a zipper

• Finnish: avata vetoketju
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: dêziper

to come open by means of a zipper

• Norman: dêziper
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

To decompress a zipfile

• Finnish: purkaa (fi)
• French: décompresser (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whewhera
• Norman: dêziper