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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gunzip

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gun-zip
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To decompress using the gzip program.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From the name of the software program, originally short for GNU unzip.

Usage

Inflected Forms

gunzips (present, singular) gunzipping (participle, present) gunzipped (participle, past) gunzipped (past)

Synonyms

ungzip

Antonyms

gzip

Questions

What does gunzip mean?
To decompress using the gzip program.
Where does gunzip come from?
From the name of the software program, originally short for GNU unzip.

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