zizz

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/zɪz/

noun

A nap or sleep.

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Meanings

nounzizz (plural zizzes)

plural zizzes

  1. informalA nap or sleep.

    Then I had a little zizz until Martland telephoned.

    1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 45
  2. A buzzing or whizzing sound.
verbzizz (third-person singular simple present zizzes, present participle zizzing, simple past and past participle zizzed)

present singular third person zizzes · participle present zizzing · participle past zizzed · past zizzed

  1. informalintransitiveTo take a nap.

Origin

Imitative in both uses, the first being of snoring: compare zzz (“sound of snoring”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with zizz

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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