zed /zɛd/noun 4verb 2forms 4 noun4 •(Commonwealth, Ireland) The name of the Latin script letter Z/z. •[usually plural] (Commonwealth, informal) Sleep.I'm going to go get some zeds. •(Commonwealth, slang) A zombie.A horde of zeds began to shuffle into the shopping mall. •[in compounds] (Commonwealth, Ireland) Something Z-shaped. verb2 •(UK, informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)Zedding hogs. Sleep sippers and spitters. Look at 'em cooking in their own snoring heat. One nose after another. — 1991 •(UK, rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.We were zedding hell-bells up the hill towards Cervione, with a bank of road metal and a precipice on our left... — 1931 formszedded · zedding · zeds · Zeds
