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stack z's

stack z's verb: to sleep; to be asleep.

Verb

stack z's (third-person singular simple present stacks z's, present participle stacking z's, simple past and past participle stacked z's)

  1. (figuratively, slang) To sleep; to be asleep.

Forms of stack z's

third-person singular presentstacks z's
present participlestacking z's
past participlestacked z's
paststacked z's

Origin of stack z's

See z's. Sleeping cartoon characters are often depicted with a string of z's rising from the nose or mouth.

Questions about stack z's

What does stack z's mean?
Stack z's means to sleep; to be asleep.
What part of speech is stack z's?
Stack z's is a verb.
What is the past tense of stack z's?
The past tense of stack z's is stacked z's.

Words near stack z's in the dictionary

  1. stack trace
  2. stack traces
  3. stack truck
  4. stack trucks
  5. stack up
  6. stack z's
  7. stack-and-pack
  8. stack-based
  9. stack-guard
  10. stack-guards
  11. stack-rank

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