zip-uphttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zip-up_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezip-up, adj. & n.
Revised 2021

zip-upadjective & noun

  1. adjective
    1. 1927–
      Esp. of an item of clothing: fastened by means of a zip.
      1. 1927
        Jersey Leggins, 2 to 6 yrs...Zip-up or button styles, soft and warm. Tan, white and navy.
        Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 11 November 20/3 (advertisement)
      2. 1959
        He wore an open-neck check shirt and a zip-up jacket.
        M. Shadbolt, New Zealanders 26
      3. 1993
        Mr Kasmi.., propping his small zip-up bag against a leg of the chair, sat down to wait.
        N. Aslam in M. Shamsie, Dragonfly in Sun (1997) 559
      4. 2016
        Having the same light-up sneakers or zip-up hoodie is one way for him to connect with his peer group.
        Parents January 80/1
  2. noun
    1. 1942–
      A garment, item of footwear, or bag fastened by means of a zip. In later use often: spec. a sweatshirt or fleece fastened with a zip.
      1. 1942
        Handbags For Easter... Zip-ups are included in the assortment.
        Indiana (Pennsylvania) Evening Gazette 2 April 5/7 (advertisement)
      2. 1953
        Booties for cuties! All leather zip-ups.
        Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 18 September 3/5 (advertisement)
      3. 1972
        Uniformly young, dressed in one-piece zip-ups, it is not easy to tell the instructors..from the young men they train.
        E. Kazan, Assassins (1973) vi. 292
      4. 1999
        Her husband, Alex, has on his Potsy sweater—a cool wool zip-up with vertical stripes.
        M. Roth, On Loose 131
      5. 2016
        Kathy came out. Dressed in an oversize gray fleece zip-up and anonymous sneakers, she looked almost Ama's age.
        J. Chang, Wangs vs. World xiv. 81

Originally published as part of the entry for zip, v.¹

zip-up, adj. & n. was revised in March 2021.

zip-up, adj. & n. was last modified in July 2023.