Zed

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

4 more languages

Bosanskiзет

Hrvatskiзет

Српскизет

Українськазет

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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