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zillion

[ zil-yuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural zil·lions, (as after a numeral) zil·lion.

zillion

/ ˈzɪljən /

often plural an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
zillions of flies in this camp

1. amounting to a zillion
  a zillion different problems
2. ( as pronoun )
  I found a zillion under the sink

Origin of zillion¹

First recorded in 1930–35; jocular alteration of million, billion, etc.

Origin of zillion¹

C20: on the model of million

Google, data aggregators, and a zillion other tech and not-so-tech companies need to do it, too.

As with every von Trier film, there will be a zillion think pieces on whether or not the filmmaker is a misogynist.

With its generous quota of automatic weapons and breaking glass, Die Hard 2 is superficially like a zillion other action movies.

Implementing something as big as Obamacare, with about a hundred zillion moving parts, is a monstrous task.

To be sure, a zillion Obama critics are dumping on the bifurcated break.

There were about a zillion startups who were trying to make a buck on the Xnet.

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