Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The letter z.

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  • determiner, article Eye dialect spelling of the, representing primarily French-accented English.
  • noun US The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.
  • noun Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds such as zee-bar.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet

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Examples

  • He says little, -- _zee, zee, zee_ is nearly the limit of his vocabulary; but his lively demeanor and the grace and agility of his movements are in themselves an excellent language, speaking infallibly a contented mind.

    Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey 1877

  • (_Dendroeca striata_), whose _zee, zee, zee_ is almost ridiculously faint.

    Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey 1877

  • Looking over my notes of this excursion, I come upon the following sentence: "To sit on a stone beside a mountain road, with olive-backed thrushes piping on every side, the ear catching now and then the distant tinkle of a winter wren's tune, or the nearer _zee, zee, zee_ of black-poll warblers, while white-throated sparrows call cheerily out of the spruce forest -- this is to be in another world."

    The Foot-path Way Bradford Torrey 1877

  • The Artis zeego is part of the Artis zee® family of interventional imaging in cardiology, radiology, and surgery. syngo® DynaCT Cardiac, available with all Artis zee systems, uniquely supports cross-sectional 3D images of the beating heart via rotational angiography.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The Artis zeego is part of the Artis zee® family of interventional imaging in cardiology, radiology, and surgery. syngo® DynaCT Cardiac, available with all Artis zee systems, uniquely supports cross-sectional 3D images of the beating heart via rotational angiography.

    FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten 2010

  • These people can osculate my posterior … “Not on zee left side, not on zee right side, but right in zee middle.”

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Update on the Health Care Trojan Horse for Fascism 2010

  • FROZEN SCANDAL MAN says: yah sqeeuge yah tulips ve can hold zee hands yah laffing merrily yes vee dance among tulips zee wooden shoes klunking zee beautiful music as wee frolic in zee tulips! heil bush! heil zee nationale trotsky!

    Think Progress » “Don’t Suicide Bomb.” 2006

  • Blackwater changed its name to Xe - pronounced "zee" - early last year in an effort to shed the negative baggage acquired from its frequent run-ins with Iraqi, Afghan, U.S. and NATO forces.

    CommonDreams.org Headlines 2010

  • Blackwater changed its name to Ze -- pronounced "zee" - early last year in an effort to shed the negative baggage acquired because of its frequent run-ins with Iraqi, Afghan, U.S. and NATO forces.

    THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BILL FISHER BILL 2010

  • Despite the scrutiny, the U.S. relies heavily on Xe - pronounced "zee" - for support in Afghanistan and the workload may grow significantly.

    GlobalResearch.ca 2010

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