zee

nounverbarticleattested in dialogue

//ziː//
//ˈzeɪː//

The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

noun

1
The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.
Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee.
2
Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds.
zee-bar.
3
Sleep.
Time to get some zees.

Etymology

Likely an alteration of zed (which see for more), by analogy with other letters such as bee, dee, tee and vee. Fell out of usage in England by the 17th century, and made standard in the U.S. in American Dictionary of English Language by Noah Webster in 1828, though usage varied for decades afterwards.

verb

1
informalTo sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
2
rareTo zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.

article

1
Variant of thePronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French or German accented English.

Forms

plural: zees
past tense: zeed
past participle: zeed
present participle: zeeing
third person singular: zees

zed · The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.Zed · A diminutive of the male given name Zedekiah.Zedd · A surname.

zee · The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

Zee · A surname.Zeke · A diminutive of the male given name Ezekiel, also used as a…Zelda · A female given name from the Germanic languages.

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