zep

American  

[zep] / zɛp /

noun

plural

zeps

1. Informal. a sandwich made by filling a long bread roll split lengthwise, so called because it is shaped like a zeppelin; sub sandwich.

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Example Sentences

Grayson returned at noon, bearing zeps and sodas, and was not allowed to leave until he told Maniac one story about the Minor Leagues.

From Literature

Bobby Moch recalled, “You couldn’t hear anything except for the oars going in the water ... it’d be a ‘zep’ and that’s all you could hear ... the oarlocks didn’t even rattle on the release.”

From Literature

"By gad, we'll chance the zeps, sir," said the sergeant major.

From Project Gutenberg

Ten minutes later he was back with a zep, a large.

From Literature