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catch Z's

catch Z's is the alternative form of catch some z's.

Meaning of catch some z's

Verb

catch some z's (third-person singular simple present catches some z's, present participle catching some z's, simple past and past participle caught some z's)

  1. (idiomatic) To sleep.
    • His boss found him catching some z's at his desk yesterday.

Forms of catch Z's

third-person singular presentcatches Z's
present participlecatching Z's
past participlecaught Z's
pastcaught Z's

Questions about catch Z's

What is catch Z's the alternative form of?
Catch Z's is the alternative form of catch some z's.

Words near catch Z's in the dictionary

  1. catch weight
  2. catch wind of
  3. catch wreck
  4. catch you later
  5. catch you on the flip side
  6. catch Z's
  7. catch'd
  8. catch-'em-alive-O
  9. catch-'em-alive-Os
  10. catch-22
  11. catch-22s

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catch Z's (page history and authors); catch some z's (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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