Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zipless

/zˈɪpləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zi-p-less
IPA: /zˈɪpləs/

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a zip fastener.

adj

Without complications and hindrances.

Informal

Example Sentences

""The patient was almost certainly saved by his zipless zoot suit," said a genial surgeon."
"No longer in muddy, zipless, trousers, Sylvain wore blue denims […]"
"For the true, ultimate zipless A-1 fuck, it was necessary that you never get to know the man very well."
"Erica Jong's words regarding the zipless encounter applied completely to my white classmates' actions on that school bus […]"
"[…] wedding planners who would check out venues, prices, caterers and all that stuff and then put it together for us, so it would be a zipless wedding."
"And yet this screen presence, going well beyond the literary, is the illusion that the world is like that, that sex is indeed zipless […]"

Etymology

From zip + -less, the figurative sense coined (as “zipless fuck”) by Erica Jong in her novel Fear of Flying (1973), see quotations.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: zip

Usage

Informal

Derived Forms

ziplessness

Phrases

zipper sex

Frequently Paired Words

zipper sex

Synonyms

no strings attached

Questions

How do you pronounce zipless?: The recorded pronunciation is /zˈɪpləs/.
What does zipless mean?: Without a zip fastener.
Where does zipless come from?: From zip + -less, the figurative sense coined (as “zipless fuck”) by Erica Jong in her novel Fear of Flying (1973), see quotations.

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