zizz

English

Etymology

Imitative in both uses, the first being of snoring: compare zzz (“sound of snoring”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɪz/

Noun

zizz (plural zizzes)

  1. (informal) A nap or sleep.
    • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, page 45)
      Then I had a little zizz until Martland telephoned.
  2. A buzzing or whizzing sound.

Verb

zizz (third-person singular simple present zizzes, present participle zizzing, simple past and past participle zizzed)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To take a nap.
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