noun (used with a plural verb) Slang.- 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
Z, z
[zee or, esp. British, zed; Archaic iz-erd]
noun, plural Z's or Zs, z's or zs.- 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.
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