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zzzing

zzzing is the present participle and gerund of zzz.

Meaning of zzz

Verb

zzz (third-person singular simple present zzzs, present participle zzzing, simple past and past participle zzzed)

  1. (onomatopoeic) To sleep or snore.
    • He lay back on his pillow, made a faint zzzing sound that ceased, and presently and quite quietly he died — greatly comforted by my assurance.1909, H. G. Wells, Tono-Bungay, page 461

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Questions about zzzing

What is zzzing the present participle and gerund of?
Zzzing is the present participle and gerund of zzz.

Words near zzzing in the dictionary

  1. zzxjoanw
  2. zzxjoanws
  3. Zzyzx
  4. zzz
  5. zzzed
  6. zzzing
  7. zzzs
  8. Záhony
  9. zálesíite
  10. zálesíites
  11. Zápara

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zzzing (page history and authors); zzz (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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