In the 1940s, the verb “zonk,” meaning “fall or cause to fall suddenly and heavily asleep or lose consciousness” entered the lexicon, and in the 1980s, cartoonist Jim Davis used one big “Z” to …

2011年5月26日 · Originally someone "sawing wood" was the description given to the sound when snoring, often accompanied by an image of sawing wood or a hand motion (in the Z formation) …

2012年7月26日 · Z isn’t associated with sleeping, specifically, but rather with snoring. You may be one of the fortunate few having no personal acquaintance with this phenomenon.

When a character sleeps, sometimes a lot of "Z's" are shown near the character, either in the form of a stream of z's coming from the character's mouth or head, or a group of "Zzz's" contained …

The phrase “catch some z’s” has its roots in the sound of snoring, which resembles the letter Z. The idiom gained popularity in American English during the 20th century and has since …

2012年7月27日 · Z isn’t associated with sleeping, specifically, but rather with snoring. You may be one of the fortunate few having no personal acquaintance with this phenomenon.

Zzz is an onomatopoeic representation of snoring. Zzz is commonly used in comic books to indicate that someone is sleeping. It has also become a part of the idiom catch some Zs, …

2022年1月5日 · In America, to “sawing logs” or “sawing wood” is a term for snoring. Q: I never “saw” that coming! A: Groan. The idea of Zs denoting sleep took hold fast – and by the 1930s, …

In Adventure Mode, you go to sleep (or wait around) by pressing 'Z' (case-sensitive). Used in Persona 3 when cutscenes show someone (usually the Protagonist) asleep. Sleeping …

2023年7月23日 · The Z shape visually captures the look of sleeping with eyes closed and mouth open. It also represents the “zizzing” sound of snoozing and invokes other sleep-related Z …