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発音

• (as spelled) IPA: [zːːː]
• (imitation of snoring) [ʩ𐞪] and similar

間投詞

zzz

1. A snoring sound, implying that somebody is asleep.

動詞

zzz (third-person singular simple present zzzs, present participle zzzing, simple past and past participle zzzed)

1. (onomatopoeia) To sleep or snore.
   • 1909, H. G. Wells, Tono-Bungay‎, page 461:

     He lay back on his pillow, made a faint zzzing sound that ceased, and presently and quite quietly he died — greatly comforted by my assurance.

   • 1996, Charlotte Abrams, The Silents‎, page 42:

     He zzzed for a long time, bobbing back and forth, and then he let us go, pointing to two empty seats across the aisle and motioning for us to sit down.

関連する語

• catch some z's
• zed
• z's or Z's
• zzzing
• zzzs