Lexic.us

Definition of Zipper

1. Noun. A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab.

2. Verb. Close with a zipper. "Zip up your jacket--it's cold"

Definition of Zipper

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

2. Noun. A pressure-sensitive plastic closure. ¹

3. Noun. (biochemistry) leucine zipper ¹

4. Verb. To close a zipper. ¹

5. Verb. To put a zipper on an article. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Zipper

1. to fasten with a zipper (a fastener consisting of two rows of interlocking teeth) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Zipper

1. Motif found in certain DNA binding proteins. In a region of approximately 35 amino acids, every seventh is a leucine. This facilitates dimerisation of two such proteins to form a functional transcription factor. Examples of proteins containing leucine zippers are products of the proto-oncogenes myc, fos and jun. (15 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Zipper

ziphiid ziphiids ziphioid ziphioids zipless ziplessness ziplike zipline ziplines ziplining

ziplock ziplocked zippable zipped zippeite zipper (current term) zipper protein kinase zippered zipperhead zipperheads

zippering zipperless zipperlike zippers zippier zippiest zipping zippo zippos zippy

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