zzz
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A written sound used in comics or messages to show someone is sleeping
- other
- Informal
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zzz
- She fell asleep on the couch while watching TV, and I noticed a zzz in her thought bubble.
Examples
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"Ih-ih-hut-ssss-zzz," Mel said through her slack lips.
Fiction book (2001) -
As he read the boring book, he couldn't help but write zzz on the page.
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During the long lecture, many students began to doodle zzz in their notebooks.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
zzz main
Etymology
Zzz is a written way to show the sound of snoring in comics and casual writing, like little letters above a sleeping head. Think of zzz like the word snore or the idea of 'sleep', so the letters stand for that soft, repeated sleep sound.