Content in Definitions starting with Z

• zuzu

  /zúwzu/ [cf. Haitian zozeau bird (Faine 1974: 321) from Fr. oiseaux; like Car. Sp. pájaro and Bah. BUD, zozeau means
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• zooky

  [etym?] v. meaning unclear; probably to beat: Ha lisnin ta dis champin knowledge quiz; if Barra Bum zooky Junger Coakley,
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• Zion

  [possibly from a Biblical reference used by Rastafarians] n. a term of address to a male peer (youth slang): 1974
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• zine dance

  [cf. Common Bantu *-díán- dance, e.g., Tonga -zyana (Carter p.c.)] n. an ancient dance connected with OBEAH, done naked around
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• zinc

  n. 1. [Atlantic: cf. OED zinc... used for galvanizing sheet iron for roofing etc.] count n. a sheet of corrugated
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• zemi

  /zémi/ [cf. Taino zemí spirit helper, god (Taylor 1977:21)] n. spirits of the forest, household, dead, etc. associated with the
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• zebra sole

  [from its zebra-like stripes] n. a fish, Gymnachirus melas: 1968 (Böhlke 221). (Mayag., White)
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