zilch
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zilch
(zĭlch) Slangn.
1. Zero; nothing.
2. A person regarded as being insignificant; a nonentity.
adj.
Amounting to nothing; nil: "Business was zilch" (New York).
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zilch
(zɪltʃ)n
1. nothing
2. (General Sporting Terms) sport US and Canadian nil
[C20: of uncertain origin]
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zilch
(zɪltʃ)n.
Slang. zero; nothing.
[1965–70, Amer.]
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Noun | 1. | zilch - a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet" Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery" |
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zilch
[zɪltʃ] N → nada de nadathese shares are worth zilch → estas acciones no valen nada de nada, estas acciones no valen ni cinco
Mark knows zilch about art → Mark no sabe absolutamente nada sobre arte
he's a real zilch (US) → es un cero a la izquierda
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zilch
n (inf: = nothing) → nix (inf)
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