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 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)