ziz

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/ˈzɪz/

proper noun

A giant bird resembling a griffin in Jewish mythology.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

ziz1

noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of zizz.

    Well one lunch-time when we're full of soup and sausages and tea, and we're just off to the bungalow to get the old feet up for half an hour or so, and maybe a quick ziz with a bit of luck, we hear a chirpy sort of small-size growl in the spring sky […]

    1998, Harold Strachan, Way Up, Way Out, page 126

Ziz2

proper noun
  1. JudaismA giant bird resembling a griffin in Jewish mythology.

Ziz3

proper noun

Ziz4

proper noun
  1. A unisex given name, often used as a nickname.

    LaSota published a dark and sometimes violent blog under the name Ziz and, in one section, described her theory that the two hemispheres of the brain could hold separate values and genders and “often desire to kill each other.”

    2025 February 17, Michael Casey, “Police arrest apparent leader of cultlike ‘Zizian’ group linked to multiple killings in the US”, in AP News, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2025

Origin

Ziz · proper noun

  1. Hebrewזיז
  2. EnglishZiz

Borrowed from Hebrew זיז.

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Ziz · proper noun

  1. Arabicزيز
  2. EnglishZiz

Borrowed from Arabic زيز.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

ziz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ziz

MLA

“ziz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ziz. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ziz,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ziz.

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