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Zee vs Zef - What's the difference?

zee | zef |

As nouns the difference between zee and zef

is that zee is something Z-shaped. Found in compounds such as zee-bar.zef is {{cx|South Africa|lang=en}} A South African counterculture movement associated with the white lower middle class.

As a verb zee

is to sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's..

As an article zee

is eye dialect of from=primarily French-accented lang=en.

zee

English

Etymology 1

1670s: variant of .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds such as zee-bar.
  • (colloquial) (usually plural ) Sleep (as in "get some zees").
    • See also
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    Synonyms
    * zed (UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) * izzard (Scotland, South Asia)

    See also

    * zeta

    Verb

  • (informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
  • (rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.

    • Etymology 2

    Article

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    zef

    English

    (wikipedia zef)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A South African counterculture movement associated with the white lower middle class.
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