zip-tie

English

Noun

zip-tie (plural zip-ties)

1. Alternative form of zip tie
   • 2013, Erik Schubach, A Deafening Whisper, →ISBN:

     She pulled a zip-tie out from her waistband.

   • 2015, Patrick Lee, Only to Die Again, →ISBN:

     He thought he could feel the zip-tie beginning to give, too.

   • 2017, Nikhil Lodha, Diamonds Are Forever, →ISBN:

     As soon as he was comfortable, he examined the zip-tie.

Verb

zip-tie (third-person singular simple present zip-ties, present participle zip-tying, simple past and past participle zip-tied)

1. Alternative form of zip tie
   • 2012, Brianna Kayleen, One's Story, →ISBN:

     I drink a swig of it and get to work zip-tying lights inside of trusses.

   • 2016, Hollie Cradduck, Hollie's Road to Kona: A Young Woman's Ironman Mission, →ISBN:

     It was brutal, more brutal than normal. I had to zip-tie my bike to the racking just to keep it from flying off.

   • 2016, Nick Pirog, 3:46 a.m.:

     Two of the terrorists point their guns at the group while Beard moves through the bodies, checking each person for cell phones, removing watches and jewelry, zip-tying hands behind backs, and duct-taping mouths.