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
Trade name for lighters, established in the 1930s.
Zippo (plural Zippos)
A reusable lighter.
(military, slang) A boat, tank, etc. equipped with flamethrowers.
Zippo (third-person singular simple present Zippos, present participle Zippoing, simple past and past participle Zippoed)
Alternative spelling of zippo
zippo (not comparable)
(slang) None whatsoever
Popular slang among American soldiers in the Vietnam War; from the Zippo brand of lighter.
zippo (third-person singular simple present zippos, present participle zippoing, simple past and past participle zippoed)
(slang) To light on fire.
Source: Wiktionary
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
