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"etymology_text": "Imitative in both uses, the first being of snoring: compare zzz (“sound of snoring”).",
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"tags": [
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}
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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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"A nap or sleep."
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"(informal) A nap or sleep."
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"A buzzing or whizzing sound."
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"To take a nap."
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"(informal, intransitive) To take a nap."
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"A nap or sleep."
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],
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"(informal) A nap or sleep."
],
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"informal"
]
},
{
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"A buzzing or whizzing sound."
]
}
],
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪz"
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"present",
"singular",
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},
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"To take a nap."
],
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"(informal, intransitive) To take a nap."
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