unzip

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ zip.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • 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 restore (compressed data) to its original form, from a zip file.

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