zip-out

[ zip-out ]

adjective

1. capable of being removed or detached by means of a zipper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zip-out¹

First recorded in 1960–65; adj. use of verb phrase zip out

Example Sentences

The parking was zip-in, zip-out easy; the malls offered opportunities to minority and immigrant businesses, like restaurants, that couldn’t afford major mall space; and by the mid-1980s there were about 3,000 of them in the state, often built on choice land once occupied by gas stations that had gone belly up.

From Los Angeles Times

"I said, 'It's all about zip-in and zip-out,'" he recalled.

From BBC

Mr. Sekas said that he also gets requests for hooded jackets and zip-out trench liners, even though fur restyling is not cheap.

From New York Times

It comes with a magnetized pouch for wipes and a paisley-print, zip-out changing pad.

From Los Angeles Times

It is not a fashionable trench coat — no belt — but a black, shapeless shift with a shirt-style collar, five buttons and a zip-out lining in fuzzy gray acrylic.

From Washington Post