Usually means: Absolutely nothing; zero; none whatsoever.
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  1. zilch: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. zilch: Merriam-Webster
  3. zilch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. zilch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. zilch: Collins English Dictionary
  6. zilch: Vocabulary.com
  7. Zilch, zilch: Wordnik
  8. zilch: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Zilch, zilch: Wiktionary
  10. zilch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. zilch: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. zilch: Dictionary.com
  13. zilch: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. zilch: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Zilch (band), Zilch (electromagnetism), Zilch (song), Zilch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. zilch: Rhymezone
  17. zilch: FreeDictionary.org
  18. Zilch, zilch: ESL Idiom Page
  19. zilch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. zilch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Zilch: World Wide Words

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. zilch: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ZILCH: Acronym Finder
  2. zilch: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. zilch, zilch, zilch: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. zilch: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Zilch: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  5. Zilch: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (countable, informal, archaic) A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, informal) Nothing, zero.
▸ adjective:  (informal, chiefly US) No, zero, non-existent.
▸ verb:  (informal, US sports) To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat.
▸ noun:  A surname from German.

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naught, nix, nil, aught, nothing, goose egg, Cypher, cipher, zero, zip, more...

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everything, anything, something

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nada, zip, zero, zippo, more...

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Similar:
naught, nix, nil, aught, nothing, goose egg, Cypher, cipher, zero, zip, more...

Opposite:
everything, anything, something

Types:
nada, zip, zero, zippo, more...

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    black,     white,     gray,     silver,     charcoal, more...



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