zip-tying
Binding with strips
Zip-tying is the act of securing something with a zip tie—a thin plastic strip with teeth that locks when threaded through its own end.
The term often appears in contexts of restraint: Police zip-tied the protesters' hands behind their backs.
It also covers mundane fastening: I spent the afternoon zip-tying cables under my desk.
Pulling tight to secure
- strappingMuscular and hale
- lashingBeating or binding
- clampingFixing firmly with pressure
- anchoringFastening securely to position
affixing · tethering · bundling · binding · securing · looping · tightening · wrapping
Binding wrists with restraints
- shacklingAttaching restraints to limbs
- immobilizingPreventing any motion
- detainingHolding in custody
- subduingBringing under control
hobbling · trussing · binding · cuffing · arresting · capturing · confining · restricting
Improvised temporary repair
- MacGyveringImprovising clever solutions
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
- kludgingCreating an inelegant workaround
bodging · patching · cobbling · temporary · ad-hoc · expedient · provisional · workaround
Grouping items as one
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- sortingArranging into sequence
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- tidyingMaking spaces orderly
arranging · storing · corralling · gathering · consolidating · compartmentalizing · categorizing · decluttering
cinching
Pulling tight to secure
anchoring · affixing · tethering · bundling · binding · securing · looping · tightening · wrapping · threading
handcuffing
Binding wrists with restraints
- shacklingAttaching restraints to limbs
- immobilizingPreventing any motion
- detainingHolding in custody
subduing · hobbling · trussing · binding · cuffing · arresting · capturing · confining · restricting · incapacitating
jury-rigging
Improvised temporary repair
- MacGyveringImprovising clever solutions
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
kludging · bodging · patching · cobbling · temporary · ad-hoc · expedient · provisional · workaround · hacking
bundling
Grouping items as one
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- sortingArranging into sequence
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
tidying · arranging · storing · corralling · gathering · consolidating · compartmentalizing · categorizing · decluttering · streamlining
- restrainingconstraining, restricting, limiting, confining, curbing
zip-tyinguntying
Loosening a fastened cord
unbinding · releasing · freeing · unfastening · loosening
zip-tyingcutting loose
Abandoning restraint suddenly
freeing · releasing · liberating · unbinding · detaching
zip, zipped, zipping, zips, zipper, zippers, zippy, tying, untying