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Verb: unzip (unzipped,unzipping)  ,ún'zip
  1. Open the zipper of
    "unzip the bag"
     
  2. (computing) decompress a compressed file (often in the 'zip' format)
    "After downloading the file, he had to unzip it to access the contents";
    - unarchive

Derived forms: unzipped, unzips, unzipping

Type of: unfasten

Antonym: zipper [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Unzip