[nuhth-ing] 
| 1. | no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing. |
| 2. | no part, share, or trace (usually fol. by of): The house showed nothing of its former magnificence. |
| 3. | something that is nonexistent. |
| 4. | nonexistence; nothingness: The sound faded to nothing. |
| 5. | something or someone of no importance or significance: Money is nothing when you're without health. |
| 6. | a trivial action, matter, circumstance, thing, or remark: to exchange a few nothings when being introduced. |
| 7. | a person of little or no importance; a nobody. |
| 8. | something that is without quantity or magnitude. |
| 9. | a cipher or naught: Nothing from nine leaves nine. |
| 10. | (used in conventional responses to expressions of thanks): Think nothing of it. It's nothing. Nothing to it. |
| 11. | in no respect or degree; not at all: It was nothing like that. Nothing dismayed, he repeated his question. |
| 12. | amounting to nothing, as in offering no prospects for satisfaction, advancement, or the like: She was stuck in a nothing job. |
| 13. | for nothing,
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| 14. | in nothing flat, in very little time: Dinner was finished in nothing flat. |
| 15. | make nothing of,
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| 16. | nothing but, nothing other than; only: We could see nothing but fog. |
| 17. | nothing doing,
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| 18. | nothing less than or short of, absolutely; completely: She was used to nothing less than the best. |
| 19. | think nothing of,
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nothing short of
The equivalent of, the same as, as in His accusation is nothing short of slander. This term is slightly stronger than little short of, meaning "almost the same as," as in Her claim is little short of stupid. The first term dates from about 1800, the second from about 1830. Also see short of.
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