Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The letter z.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The letter Z, also called
zee and sometimesizzard . - noun A metal bar rolled so as to have a cross-section resembling the letter Z.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The letter
z ; -- called alsozee , and formerlyizzard .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The name of the
Latin script letterZ /z . - noun Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds such as zed-bar.
- verb intransitive, informal To
sleep ornap . (Comparezzz ,catch some z's .) - verb intransitive, rare To
zigzag ; to move with sharp alternating turns.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Not to mention their aversion to the letter z, pronounced "zed" in most British dialects and the general accent.
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Right here in Canada, Molson struck gold when Joe Canadian proclaimed that not only is the beaver a noble creature, it's pronounced "zed;" not "zee" - "zed."
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Not to mention their aversion to the letter z, pronounced "zed" in most British dialects and the general accent.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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Or maybe "zed," depending on what part of the world you're in.
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And I don't know if I'll ever remember to say "zed".
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Best of luck with your job search and mini's arrival! ps - oh, and we do say "zed" not "zee" ... you will get chuckles from students if you say "zee".
willing to move North ScienceWoman 2006
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If your ancestor's name began with "zed," you might have to wait until 2008.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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Get to the last letter and most of the room is saying "zed" while the dirty Americans on the far side of the room are sticking with "zee."
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The hardest one for me is remembering to call the letter z "zed".
favour 2006
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It might be a pretty difficult shift though -- do you ever see Z and think "zed"?
goal 2006
chained_bear commented on the word zed
See also comments on zad.
August 2, 2008
yaybob commented on the word zed
zed's dead
December 16, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word zed
Thou whoreson zed, unnecessary letter!
April 15, 2010
garyth123 commented on the word zed
zed's dead baby, zed's dead
October 13, 2011