See zizz on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Imitative in both uses, the first being of snoring: compare zzz (“sound of snoring”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "zizzes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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{
"ref": "1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 45:",
"text": "Then I had a little zizz until Martland telephoned.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A nap or sleep."
],
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"nap"
],
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"sleep"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) A nap or sleep."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A buzzing or whizzing sound."
],
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}
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"ipa": "/zɪz/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪz"
}
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}
{
"etymology_text": "Imitative in both uses, the first being of snoring: compare zzz (“sound of snoring”).",
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"form": "zizzes",
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},
{
"form": "zizzing",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "zizzed",
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"glosses": [
"To take a nap."
],
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"(informal, intransitive) To take a nap."
],
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"informal",
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]
}
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"ipa": "/zɪz/"
},
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},
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"rhymes": "-ɪz"
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"etymology_text": "Imitative in both uses, the first being of snoring: compare zzz (“sound of snoring”).",
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{
"form": "zizzes",
"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"senses": [
{
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"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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"ref": "1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 45:",
"text": "Then I had a little zizz until Martland telephoned.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A nap or sleep."
],
"links": [
[
"nap",
"nap"
],
[
"sleep",
"sleep"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) A nap or sleep."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A buzzing or whizzing sound."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/zɪz/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪz"
}
],
"word": "zizz"
}
{
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],
"etymology_text": "Imitative in both uses, the first being of snoring: compare zzz (“sound of snoring”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "zizzes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "zizzing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "zizzed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
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"form": "zizzed",
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"past"
]
}
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"pos": "verb",
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"glosses": [
"To take a nap."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, intransitive) To take a nap."
],
"tags": [
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"intransitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/zɪz/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪz"
}
],
"word": "zizz"
}
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