z meaning: definition, quotations

z

characteralso spelled Z

UK /zɛd/ · US /ziː/

Letter, Lowercase The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed, zee or izzard and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms: catch some z's, ctrl-z, grab some z's, stack z's, z-average, z-axis, z-buffer, z car, z-culling, z-direction, z-fighting, z-index, z-intercept, z-order, z-test, z-variant, z-word

noun

AU, CA, IE, NZ, UK /zɛd/ · US /zi/

A member of Generation Z.

Take that a step further for Millennials and Zs by crafting an e-mail subject header that does the same but with even fewer characters; […]2017, Martha M. Ellis, Linda Garcia, Generation X Presidents Leading Community Colleges: New Challenges, New Leaders, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 10:
The current progressive movement—and certainly the Millennials and Zs—understand that the Hyde Amendment is discriminatory […]2020, Zerlina Maxwell, The End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide, New York, N.Y.: Hachette Books, →ISBN:

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The current global pandemic is almost certainly a formative moment for younger Millennials and Zs as they navigate through similar challenges.2022, Morgen Witzel, editor, Post-Pandemic Leadership: Exploring Solutions to a Crisis, Routledge, →ISBN:

Slang Z-drug.

I can sell bricks, I don't need to rap Buj so peng it makes the fiends collapse Cook that coca into crack I was selling Zs while you was in your bed2013, Snap Capone, “Lights Out”, in The Memoir, from 0:16:

character

Letter, Uppercase The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed or zee and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms: A to Z, Z-bar, Z-bed, Z-bend, Z-boson, Z-car, Z car, Z chromosome, Z-drug, Z-list, Z-movie, Z-pak, Z-plasty, Z section, Z-shaped, Z-track

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