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Noun: zizz  ziz
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. A buzzing or whizzing sound
    "a nasty zizz in the engine"
     
  2. Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
    "Arthur's taking a short zizz";
    - nap, catnap, light sleep, short sleep, forty winks [informal], snooze
Verb: zizz  ziz
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Have a short sleep, esp. during the day
    - nap, catnap, catch a wink [informal], kip [Brit, informal], snooze, drowse, doze

Derived forms: zizzing, zizzed, zizzes

Type of: catch some Z's [N. Amer, informal], sleep, sleeping, slumber, sound

Encyclopedia: Zizz