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zzz

zzz

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💤 U+1F4A4, 💤
SLEEPING SYMBOL
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[U+1F4A3]
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs 💥
[U+1F4A5]

English

Interjection

zzz

  1. A snoring sound, implying that somebody is asleep.

Verb

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

  1. (onomatopoeia) To sleep.
    • H. G. Wells
      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.
    • 1996, Charlotte Abrams, The Silents, page 42:
      He zzzed for a long time, bobbing back and forth, and then he let us go, pointing to two empty seats across the aisle and motioning for us to sit down.

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