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unzip
verb un·zip \-ˈzip\
: to open (something) by using a zipper
computers : to cause (a file that has been reduced in size) to return to its original size by using special software
Full Definition of UNZIP
transitive verb
: to zip open
intransitive verb
: to open by or as if by means of a zipper
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First Known Use of UNZIP
1939
Rhymes with UNZIP
airship, airstrip, atrip, backflip, blue-chip, call slip, catnip, chiefship, cleft lip, clerkship, corn chip, courtship, cowslip, deanship, death grip, drag strip, dress ship, ear clip, equip, felt-tip, fieldstrip, field trip, filmstrip, fireship, flagship, foul tip, friendship, frostnip, guildship, guilt-trip, gunship, half-slip, handgrip, hardship, harelip, headship, horsewhip, inclip, judgeship, jump ship, kingship, kinship, landslip, let rip, lightship, longship, lordship, Mendip, nonslip, outstrip, oxlip, palship, pink slip, pip-pip, princeship, Q-ship, queenship, roach clip, road trip, rose hip, round-trip, saintship, sales slip, sea whip, sideslip, spaceship, starship, steamship, storeship, strike-slip, take ship, tall ship, thaneship, township, transship, troopship, unship, V-chip, wardship, warship, white chip, wing tip
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