zizz
English edit
Etymology edit
Imitative in both uses, the first being of snoring: compare zzz (“sound of snoring”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zizz (plural zizzes)
- (informal) A nap or sleep.
- 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 45:
- Then I had a little zizz until Martland telephoned.
- A buzzing or whizzing sound.
Verb edit
zizz (third-person singular simple present zizzes, present participle zizzing, simple past and past participle zizzed)
- (informal, intransitive) To take a nap.