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zilch

[ zilch ]

noun

, Slang.
  1. zero; nothing:

    The search came up with zilch.



zilch

/ zɪltʃ /

noun

  1. nothing
  2. sport nil


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Word History and Origins

Origin of zilch1

1965–70, Americanism; perhaps continuous with earlier zilch snafu, Mr. Zilch a character in Ballyhoo, a humor magazine first published in 1931; for sense zip 3

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Word History and Origins

Origin of zilch1

C20: of uncertain origin

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Example Sentences

Zilch, what with Showtime's other steamy sex-heavy drama, The Affair, stealing its thunder.

His conduct is boorish and intemperate; his views are anachronistic and absurd; his moral authority is zilch.

But there is nothing—zero, zilch, nada—in the Ryan plan that demonstrates how that reduction would come to pass.

Unlike those guys, MacGruber knows zilch about crime fighting.

Prince Zilch read the number of the room upon a brass sign and went up.

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