z's

[ zeez ]

/ ziz /

sleep (often used with grab, catch, etc.): to grab some z's before dinner.

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Lincolnesque

First recorded in 1960–65; from the conventional use of a series of z's to represent snoring

Z, z

[ zee or, esp. British, zed; Archaic iz-erd ]

/ zi or, esp. British, zɛd; Archaic ˈɪz ərd /

the 26th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

any spoken sound represented by the letter Z or z, as in zero, zigzag, or buzzer.

something having the shape of a Z.

a written or printed representation of the letter Z or z.

a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter Z or z.