n. pl. z's or Z's also zs or Zs 1. The 26th letter of the modern English alphabet. 2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter z. 3. The 26th in a series. 4. Something shaped like the letter Z. 5. z's Slang Sleep. [Sense 5, from ZZZ.] |
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