Meaning & use
Zzz
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Used, especially in writing or speech bubbles, to represent the sound of snoring or to indicate that someone is asleep or bored.
See it in a sentence
The comic strip showed the cat curled up with a little "zzz" floating above its head.
By the third hour of the lecture, half the class was just thinking "zzz."
A note on using this word
A purely onomatopoeic convention that became common in comics before spreading to everyday texting and messaging.
Words with a similar meaning
snoring
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