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zzz
English
Etymology
Supposed to represent the sound of snoring.
Pronunciation
- (as spelled) IPA(key): /z?/
- (imitation of snoring) /??/
Interjection
zzz
- A snoring sound, implying that somebody is asleep.
Translations
Verb
zzz (third-person singular simple present zzzs, present participle zzzing, simple past and past participle zzzed)
- (onomatopoeia) To sleep or snore.
Related terms
- catch some z's
- zed
- z's or Z's
- zzzing
- zzzs
Portuguese
Interjection
zzz
- zzz (sleeping)
- (Internet slang) indicates that one doesn't care about or agree with what is being said
Romanian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
zzz
- buzz (sound made by some insects' flight)
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zed
English
Etymology
From Middle English zed, zedde, zede, from Old French zede, from Late Latin zeta, from Ancient Greek ???? (zĂȘta). Letter had rare nonstandard usage in Old English, such as in bezt, where it represented "ts" (compare the German pronunciation of Z). For the sleep sense, see zzz. The zombie sense comes from the initial letter. Doublet of zeta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /z?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Noun
zed (plural zeds) (chiefly Commonwealth)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
- (in combination) Something Z-shaped.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) Sleep.
- (slang) A zombie.
- A horde of zeds began to shuffle into the shopping mall.
Synonyms
- (all): zee (US, Newfoundland)
- (letter): izzard (Scotland)
- (sleep): zee (Canada) (more common)
Translations
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
Verb
zed (third-person singular simple present zeds, present participle zedding, simple past and past participle zedded) (chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, South Africa)
- (intransitive, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
- (intransitive, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.
- 1931, Reginald Rankin, The Collected Works of Lt. Colonel Sir Reginald Rankin
- We were zedding hell-bells up the hill towards Cervione, with a bank of road metal and a precipice on our left...
- 1931, Reginald Rankin, The Collected Works of Lt. Colonel Sir Reginald Rankin
See also
- zeta
Yola
Adjective
zed
- stewed, sodden
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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