z's

[zeez]

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

Origin of z's

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

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

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.