catch some z's

Take a nap, go to sleep, as in I stayed up all night studying so I'd better catch some z's. This term alludes to the buzzing sound of snoring. [Slang; second half of 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aurangzeb	-	History
Aspinal	['æspinl]
Risto	REES-to (Finnish)	Finnish, Macedonian
Helladius	-	Late Greek (Latinized)
Muhtar	-	Turkish
ŽIvko	-	Croatian, Serbian