Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly British The letter z.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The letter Z, also called zee and sometimes izzard.
- n. A metal bar rolled so as to have a cross-section resembling the letter Z.
Wiktionary
- n. The name of the Latin script letter [[Z#|Z]]/[[z#|z]].
- n. Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds such as zed-bar.
- v. To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz,
catch some z's.) - v. To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The letter z; -- called also
zee , and formerlyizzard .
WordNet 3.0
- n. the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old French zede, from Late Latin zēta, zeta, from Greek; see zeta.
Examples
“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.”
“Or maybe "zed," depending on what part of the world you're in.”
“Not to mention their aversion to the letter z, pronounced "zed" in most British dialects and the general accent.”
“And I don't know if I'll ever remember to say "zed".”
“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".”
“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.”
“If your ancestor's name began with "zed," you might have to wait until 2008.”
“The hardest one for me is remembering to call the letter z "zed".”
“It might be a pretty difficult shift though -- do you ever see Z and think "zed"?”
“Part of my job is transcribing tapes, and when lawyers spell proper names, I'm always surprised to hear "zed".”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘zed’.
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ham lingo
amateur radio operators create a lingo of their own. I grew up listening to my father using these terms. txting is just the latest form.
dx, xyl, 73s, cq, qrn, qrm, ssb, dummy load, driven element, eyeball, qsl, rig and 19 more...
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O Canada
Words known to Canadians. These may not be understood by other North Americans, eh?
zamboni, poutine, touque, zed, inukshuk, noseeum, timbits, Alberta clipper, beer parlour, bonspiel, CANDU, chesterfield and 35 more...
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Stuffie: Dead
Stuff that's dead.
last, right, straight, reckoning, ahead, duck, heat, end, beat, walking, pool, grateful and 52 more...
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Words That Can Be Typed Entirely With Just The ...
Words made of the following: qwertasdfgzxcvb. I've stood on the shoulders of giants... users mollusque and reesetee made similar lists before I even existed on Wordnik. :)
stewardesses, red tea, waves, axes, wrest, qat, waver, created, dressed, stress, crater, vexes and 49 more...
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Cops
police, cops, federales, five-o, pigs, g-man, swat, chips, atf, coppers, fuzz, boys in blue and 74 more...
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"W-Z" words
garyth123 zed's dead baby, zed's dead Oct 13, 2011
milosrdenstvi Thou whoreson zed, unnecessary letter! Apr 15, 2010
yaybob zed's dead Dec 16, 2008
chained_bear See also comments on zad. Aug 1, 2008