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zizzes Definition


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zizz
ziz (slang)
noun
    zizzes
    1. A nap; a sleep.
verb
    intr
    zizzes, zizzed, zizzing
    1. To have a nap.
Etymology: 19c, meaning ‘a buzzing sound': imitative, and perhaps partly based on zzz, the conventional representation of snoring or the heavy breathing of a sleeper in strip cartoons; see also zed sense 2.



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