zippo

zippo
noun
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

Syn:
nothing, ↑nil, ↑nix, ↑nada, ↑null, ↑aught, ↑cipher, ↑cypher, ↑goose egg, ↑naught, ↑zero, ↑zilch, ↑zip
Derivationally related forms: ↑zero (for: ↑zero)
Hypernyms: ↑relative quantity
Hyponyms: ↑nihil, ↑bugger all, ↑fuck all, ↑Fanny Adams, ↑sweet Fanny Adams

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Zippo — Manufacturing Company Год основания 1932 Основатели Джордж Грант Блейсделл (англ. George Grant Blaisdell) …   Википедия

  • Zippo — Manufacturing Comp Tipo Privada Fundación 1932 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Zippo — Logo Zippo, Modell 020200: Regular Brushed Chrome …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Zippo — [zip′ō] trademark for a squarish, pocket size cigarette lighter with a metal case and a hinged lid n. such a lighter: also Zippo lighter * * * …   Universalium

  • Zippo — proprietary name of a brand of cigarette lighter, patented 1934 by Zippo Manufacturing Co., Bradford, Pa …   Etymology dictionary

  • Zippo — [zip′ō] trademark for a squarish, pocket size cigarette lighter with a metal case and a hinged lid n. such a lighter: also Zippo lighter …   English World dictionary

  • Zippo — Infobox Company name = Zippo Manufacturing Company type = genre = Lighter Manufacturer foundation = 1932 founder = George G. Blaisdell location city = location country = location = Bradford, Pennsylvania locations = area served = key people =… …   Wikipedia

  • Zippo — Logo de la marque Zippo est une marque américaine de briquets, créée en 1932 par Georges G. Blaisdell, à Bradford, en Pennsylvanie. Sommaire 1 Historique …   Wikipédia en Français

  • zippo — n nothing. An embellished form of zip in the sense of zero. Zippo, originally an Americanism, is now heard elsewhere (albeit less often than zip). ► I checked and re checked and got zippo. (Hooperman, US TV series, 1986) …   Contemporary slang

  • zippo — n Nothing. He knew zippo about running the company. 1970s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • zippo — /ˈzɪpoʊ/ (say zipoh) noun a cigarette lighter. Also, zippo lighter. {US trademark} …  

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”