adj
Meaning 1
Without a zip fastener.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
zipless
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CMU ARPABET: Z IH1 P L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Without complications and hindrances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal, not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: no strings attached
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From zip + -less, the figurative sense coined (as “zipless fuck”) by Erica Jong in her novel Fear of Flying (1973), see quotations.