zippered, adj.

zippered
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Revised 2021

# zipperedadjective

## Earlier version

- zippered, ppl. a. in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zippered mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zippered. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is used in U.S. English.

### How common is the adjective zippered?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1930 | 0.0019
1940 | 0.0025
1950 | 0.0034
1960 | 0.0042
1970 | 0.0059
1980 | 0.0074
1990 | 0.0082
2000 | 0.0092
2010 | 0.01

### How is the adjective zippered pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzɪpəd/
ZIP-uhd

#### U.S. English

/ˈzɪpərd/
ZIP-uhrd

### Where does the adjective zippered come from?

Earliest known use

1920s

The earliest known use of the adjective zippered is in the 1920s.

OED's earliest evidence for zippered is from 1926, in Denton (Texas) Record-Chron.

zippered is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: zipper n., ‑ed suffix2; zipper v., ‑ed suffix1.

### Nearby entries

1. zip line, n. 1970–
2. zip line, v. 1998–
3. zipliner, n. 1993–
4. zip lining, n.?1983–
5. zip-lipped, adj. 1943–
6. ziplock, n. 1928–
7. zipped, adj. 1931–
8. zippeite, n. 1850–
9. zipper, n. 1923–
10. zipper, v. 1927–
11. zippered, adj.1926–
12. zipper foot, n. 1938–
13. zipperhead, n. 1967–
14. zipper problem, n. 1985–
15. Zippie, n.¹ 1968–
16. zippie, n.² 1986–
17. zippily, adv. 1924–
18. zippiness, n. 1907–
19. zipping, n. 1868–
20. Zippo, n.¹ 1944–
21. zippo, n.² 1973–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: zipper n., ‑ed suffix2; zipper v., ‑ed suffix1.
Partly < zipper n. + ‑ed suffix2, and partly < zipper v. + ‑ed suffix1.

## Meaning & use

Originally and chiefly U.S.

1. 1926–
   Esp. of an item of clothing: fastened by means of a zipper, having a zipper.
   1. 1926

      > Red, green, yellow, white and black are the colors found among these zippered models. The zipper fastening extends up the center front of the shoe.

      Denton (Texas) Record-Chron. 2 September 5/3
   2. 1941

      > His zippered ankle-high shoes.

      Time 25 August 2/3
   3. 1971

      > A bulky zippered briefcase was squeezed under his left arm.

      B. Malamud, Tenants 35
   4. 1982

      > A thin man in a zippered fawn cardigan.

      S. Radley, Talent for Destruction vi. 36
   5. 2018

      > A friend's white chihuahua snuggled inside the zippered front of her hooded jacket.

      Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) (Nexis) 28 November
   building U.S. English
   1. zippered 1926–
      Esp. of an item of clothing: fastened by means of a zipper, having a zipper.
   2. zipped 1931–
      Of a garment, bag, or other item: fastened by means of a zip; having a zip.
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   1. zippered 1926–
      Esp. of an item of clothing: fastened by means of a zipper, having a zipper.
   2. ziplock 1928–
      As a modifier. Designating something which closes or fastens by means of a zip. Also: designating a bag, etc., with a lockable zip.
   3. zipped 1931–
      Of a garment, bag, or other item: fastened by means of a zip; having a zip.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɪpəd/
ZIP-uhd

### U.S. English

/ˈzɪpərd/
ZIP-uhrd

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zippered typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zippered is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zippered, adj., 1930–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1930 | 0.0019
1940 | 0.0025
1950 | 0.0034
1960 | 0.0042
1970 | 0.0059
1980 | 0.0074
1990 | 0.0082
2000 | 0.0092
2010 | 0.01

### Frequency of zippered, adj., 2017–2024

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Modern frequency series are derived from a corpus of 20 billion words, covering the period from 2017 to the present. The corpus is mainly compiled from online news sources, and covers all major varieties of World English.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the corpus.

Period | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
2017 | 0.18
2018 | 0.18
2019 | 0.18
2020 | 0.18
2021 | 0.2
2022 | 0.21
2023 | 0.22
2024 | 0.23

## Compounds & derived words

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1. unzippered, adj. 1936–
   Of an item of clothing, bag, or other item: not…

zippered, adj. was revised in March 2021.

zippered, adj. was last modified in July 2023.