zilch — /zilch/, n. Slang. zero; nothing: The search came up with zilch. [1965 70, Amer.; perh. continuous with earlier zilch snafu, Mr. Zilch a character in Ballyhoo, a humor magazine first published in 1931; for sense cf. ZIP3] * * * … Universalium
zilch — (n.) nothing, 1966, from earlier sense of meaningless speech (1960), originally Mr. Zilch (1931), comic character in the magazine Ballyhoo. Perhaps from U.S. college slang (early 1900s) Joe Zilsch an insignificant person. Probably a nonsense… … Etymology dictionary
zilch — [zıltʃ] n [U] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: ZERO1] informal nothing at all ▪ How much money is left? Zilch … Dictionary of contemporary English
zilch — informal, chiefly N. Amer. ► PRONOUN ▪ nothing. ► DETERMINER ▪ not any; no. ORIGIN perhaps from a Mr Zilch, a character in the 1930s magazine Ballyhoo … English terms dictionary
zilch — ☆ zilch [zilch ] n. [nonsense syllable, orig. used in the 1930s as the name of a character in the magazine Ballyhoo] Slang nothing or zero … English World dictionary
zilch — [ zıltʃ ] noun uncount INFORMAL nothing, especially none of a particular thing that you were looking for or wanted … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
zilch — [n] nothing blank, diddly squat*, goose egg*, hill of beans*, insignificancy, nada*, naught, not anything, nothingness, nought, void, zero, zip, zippo*; concepts 407,707 … New thesaurus
Zilch — Der Begriff Zilch bezeichnet den Stielansatz von Früchten, siehe Zilch (Botanik) eine Band, siehe Zilch (Band) im englischen umgangssprachlich Null, nichts Zilch ist der Nachname folgender Personen Josef Zilch, Dirigent und Komponist aus… … Deutsch Wikipedia
zilch — [[t]zɪ̱ltʃ[/t]] PRON INDEF NEG Zilch means nothing. [INFORMAL] Nothing s happened Connie. Zilch... At the moment these shares are worth zilch. Syn: nothing … English dictionary
zilch — 1. noun /zɪltʃ/ nothing. If the homeless wind up with zilch, James retorted, veiling his indignation behind a malevolent smile, its because they deserve zilch. Syn: zero, zip, nada 2. adjective /zɪltʃ/ … Wiktionary
