zzztt.

n.  the crackling of an electronic field, as in the comic book Electric Fear.

zzzz.

n.  the sound a zipper makes; see also zzzp.

<Zzzz, he says the zipper goes.  —William H. Gass, The Tunnel.>

n.  the sound of a tattooing gun; see also zzz.

<His boxed head cannot hear the high zzzz’s of the biker’s tattooing gun.  —Jack Fritscher, Stand By Your Man.>

n.  the sound of the letter z, as described in The Voice That Means Business: How to Speak With Authority, Confidence and Credibility Anytime, Anywhere by Linda Shields; see also zzz.

zzzzp.

v.  to move with a sudden hissing sound.

<Knowledge—Zzzzzp!  Money—Zzzzzzp!—Power!  That’s the cycle democracy is built on!  —Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie.>

zzzzzhch.

n.  the sound of electrical interference, as in “Evolutions” by Travis Hogbin.

zzzzzz zzzzzz.

n.  the “monotonously repeated song, even through the heat of the day, a high insectlike buzz” of the Yellow-Browed Sparrow, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Columbia by Steven L. Hilty.

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