AUGHT

nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Pronoun

aught

anything whatsoever, any part.

Etymology 2

Meaning of "zero" by confusion with naught. Used amongst those who were once called "non-U" speakers of English.

Noun

aught (plural aughts)

whit, the smallest part, iota.

(archaic) zero

The digit zero as the decade in years. For example, aught-nine for 1909 or 2009.

Usage notes

The use of "aught" and "ought" to mean "zero" is very much proscribed as the word "aught" originally meant the opposite of "naught": "anything". This may be due to misanalysis, or may simply be the result of speakers confusing the meanings of "aught" and "naught" due to similar-sounding phonemes.

Adverb

aught (not comparable)

(archaic) At all, in any degree, in any respect.

Etymology 3

Noun

aught (uncountable)

(regional) Estimation.

(regional) Of importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught").

(regional, rare, obsolete) Esteem, respect.

Usage notes

In the first sense, generally found in the phrase "in one's aught" as inː "In my aught, this play ain't worth the candle". In the second sense, generally found in the phrase "of aught" as inː "nothing of aught has happened since you've been away, Sir". In the third sense, generally found in the phrase "a man of aught", or rarely in the more archaic phrase "to show somebody or something (some) aught" as inː "show your mother some aught, son".

Etymology 4

Noun

aught (plural aughts)

Property; possession

Duty; place; office

Verb

aught (third-person singular simple present aughts, present participle aughting, simple past and past participle aughted)

to own, possess

to owe, be obliged or obligated to

Adjective

aught (comparative more aught, superlative most aught)

possessed of

Etymology 5

Numeral

aught

Obsolete or dialectal form of eight.

Anagrams

• ghaut

Source: Wiktionary

Aught, Aucht, n. Etym: [AS. , fr. agan to own, p. p. ahte.]

Definition: Property; possession. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Aught, n. Etym: [OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. awiht, a ever + wiht. *136. See Aye ever, and Whit, Wight.]

Definition: Anything; any part. [Also written ought.] There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45 But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison.

Aught, adv.

Definition: At all; in any degree. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition