zz

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. zigzag.

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ZZ ² American  

abbreviation

1. zigzag approach.

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Zz. ³ American  

Or zz.

abbreviation

1. ginger.

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Etymology

Origin of Zz.

From the Latin word zingiber

Example Sentences

Some plants are slightly more challenging, including peperomias and zz plants, which are propagated by taking a leaf cutting and placing it in soil, Horst said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2022

CHART: Name Country Gallons sold Comments Rating of origin in 1984 * San Pellegrino Italy 550,000 A real charmer with a lively, gentle fi zz.

From Time Magazine Archive

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From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

But if there are two zz then they are pronounced more strongly; e.g., mizzu.

From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Spear, Richard L.

Double Pillars where two Exhedr� joyned, and whose interstices in the front zz were filled up with a square Column of Marble.

From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Newton, Isaac, Sir