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zizz

/zɪz/

zizz noun: a nap or sleep.

Noun

zizz (plural zizzes)

  1. (informal) A nap or sleep.
    • Then I had a little zizz until Martland telephoned.1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 45
  2. A buzzing or whizzing sound.

Verb

zizz (third-person singular simple present zizzes, present participle zizzing, simple past and past participle zizzed)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To take a nap.

zizz meaning in Urdu

zizz in Urdu

نیند کا جھونکا

Forms of zizz

Noun
pluralzizzes
Verb
third-person singular presentzizzes
present participlezizzing
past participlezizzed
pastzizzed

Origin of zizz

Imitative in both uses, the first being of snoring: compare zzz (“sound of snoring”).

Words that rhyme with zizz

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Questions about zizz

What does zizz mean?
Zizz means a nap or sleep.
What is zizz in Urdu?
Zizz in Urdu is نیند کا جھونکا. See Zizz meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is zizz?
Zizz can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce zizz?
Zizz is pronounced /zɪz/.
What is the plural of zizz?
The plural of zizz is zizzes.

Words near zizz in the dictionary

  1. Zizilivakan
  2. ziziphin
  3. zizit
  4. zizith
  5. ziziths
  6. zizz
  7. zizzed
  8. zizzes
  9. zizzing
  10. zizzle
  11. zizzled

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: zizz (page history and authors); zizz (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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