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zilch

 (zĭlch) Slang
n.
1. Zero; nothing.
2. A person regarded as being insignificant; a nonentity.
adj.
Amounting to nothing; nil: "Business was zilch" (New York).
[Perhaps from alteration of z(ero) + (n)il.]
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zilch

(zɪltʃ)
n
1. nothing
2. (General Sporting Terms) sport US and Canadian nil
[C20: of uncertain origin]
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zilch

(zɪltʃ)

n.
Slang. zero; nothing.
[1965–70, Amer.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.zilch - a quantity of no importancezilch - 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"
goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zip, zippo, aught, cypher, cipher
relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose
nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet"
Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery"
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zilch

noun
1. Slang. No thing; not anything:
nil, nothing, null.
Informal: zero.
Slang: nix.
Archaic: aught.
2. Slang. A totally insignificant person:
cipher, nebbish, nobody, nonentity, nothing.
Informal: pip-squeak, zero.
Slang: shrimp.
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Translations

zilch

[zɪltʃ] N → nada de nada
these shares are worth zilch → estas acciones no valen nada de nada, estas acciones no valen ni cinco
Mark knows zilch about art → Mark no sabe absolutamente nada sobre arte
he's a real zilch (US) → es un cero a la izquierda
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zilch

n (inf: = nothing) → nix (inf)
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