zed

zɛd

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#1·8h ago

(colloquial, usually, in the plural) Sleep.

I'm going to go get some zeds.

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#2·8h ago

(in combination) Something Z-shaped.

Origin: From , zedde, zede, from , from , from , from with influence from βῆτα, ἦτα and θῆτα. The letter had a rare usage in Old English, such as in bezt, where it represented "ts" (compare the German, Italian, and Finnish pronunciation of Z). For the sleep sense, see zzz. The zombie sense comes from the initial letter. . Cognate to , , , , and perhaps. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·8h ago

(slang) A zombie.

A horde of zeds began to shuffle into the shopping mall.

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