Meaning of Zed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.
   Commonwealth, Ireland
2. A diminutive of the male given name Zedekiah.
3. Something Z-shaped.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, in-compounds
4. Alternative letter-case form of zed.
   alt-of
5. Sleep.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, colloquial, plural-normally
6. A zombie.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Zzz...With all those ʻzedsʼ I'll be sending you to sleep.”

“zed-bar”

“I'm going to go get some zeds.”

“A horde of zeds began to shuffle into the shopping mall.”

““So you changed it.” “Yes.” He turns off the tap. “Why did you choose the name Zed? What does it mean?” “Nothing. It's the last letter of the alphabet.””

“Youth jargon is in constant flux. What may be all the go today, may disappear tomorrow. Herein some of the slang may be recognisable to Y-ers but not Zeds and vice versa.”

“While Millennials started using computers for games, word processing, and rudimentary e-mail, Zeds have been fully immersed in social media from an early age.”

“In today’s changing environment, new generations (e.g. Millennials and Zeds) learn differently.”

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