nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
(noun) a quantity of no importance; āit looked like nothing I had ever seen beforeā; āreduced to nil all the work we had doneā; āwe racked up a pathetic goose eggā; āit was all for naughtā; āI didnāt hear zilch about itā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Zilch
A surname.
zilch (countable and uncountable, plural zilches)
(countable, informal, archaic) A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character.
Synonym: Thesaurus:nonentity
(uncountable, informal) Nothing, zero.
Synonym: Thesaurus:nothing
zilch (not comparable)
(informal, mostly US) No, zero, non-existent.
zilch (third-person singular simple present zilches, present participle zilching, simple past and past participle zilched)
(informal, US sports) To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat.
• shutout
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
