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Zepp

Zepp noun: a Zeppelin airship.

Noun

Zepp (plural Zepps)

  1. (informal) A Zeppelin airship.
    • Only after the first explosions did the people of Folkestone notice the sound of engines beating the air. They hardly understood what they heard. They screamed “Zepps! Zepps!” for until then Zeppelin dirigibles had been the only mechanism of air attack they knew.1986, Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 98
  2. (informal) A Zeppelin stamp.
    • This is about your last chance to buy cheaply as the stock in the U. S. is cleaned up. Remember the Zepps, including the 50c one!! Postage 3c.1936 January 11, “The $5.00 No. 480 [advertisement]”, in Linn's Weekly Stamp News, volume 8, number 11, Columbus, Ohio, page 234

Proper noun

Zepp (plural Zepps)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Zepp

Noun
pluralZepps
Proper noun
pluralZepps

Origin of Zepp

Clipping of Zeppelin.

Words formed from Zepp

Phrases with Zepp

Questions about Zepp

What does Zepp mean?
Zepp means a Zeppelin airship.
What part of speech is Zepp?
Zepp can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Zepp?
The plural of Zepp is Zepps.

Words near Zepp in the dictionary

  1. zephyrlike
  2. zephyrous
  3. zephyrs
  4. Zephyrus
  5. zephyry
  6. Zepp
  7. Zepp antenna
  8. Zepp antennae
  9. Zepp antennas
  10. zeppelin
  11. zeppelin bend

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