zzz
verbEtymology Conventionalized sound of snoring.
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Onomatopoeic To sleep or snore.
- He lay back on his pillow, made a faint zzzing sound that ceased, and presently and quite quietly he died — greatly comforted by my assurance.1909, H. G. Wells, Tono-Bungay, page 461:
- He zzzed for a long time, bobbing back and forth, and then he let us go, pointing to two empty seats across the aisle and motioning for us to sit down.1996, Charlotte Abrams, The Silents, page 42:
- Related terms
- catch some z's, zed, z's, Z's, zzzing, zzzs