zilch

Speech parts

1. zilch - Noun

2. zilch - Adjective

3. zilch - Verb

4. Zilch - Proper noun

Meaning

(countable, informal, archaic) A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonentity

(uncountable, informal) Nothing, zero.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nothing
Her search for decent home-made winter clothes came up with zilch, so she had to get imported stuff.

zilch (not comparable)

(informal, chiefly US) No, zero, non-existent.

zilch (third-person singular simple present zilches, present participle zilching, simple past and past participle zilched)

(informal, US sports) To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat.

Zilch

A surname from German.

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Examples

The Noisiest buzz in the industry lately has been over the emerging use of cable TV systems to provide fast network data transmissions using a device called a cable modem. But the likelihood of this technology succeeding is zilch. John C. Dvorak

I don't like talking unnecessarily, and my communication skills are zilch. I just can't converse with people. Maybe it's because of my stuttering or stammering, but I'm not confident of talking with people. I only talk to very close friends and family. Pritam Chakraborty

Americans use the term zero most frequently; oh is also often used (though never when the quantity in question is nothing), and occasionally slang terms such as zilch or zip are used. Source: Internet

The answer, though, is clearly zilch, seeing as when Court lets Mike touch the staff, it gives off not even a flicker. Source: Internet

But atmosphere would mean zilch if the food didn’t pass muster. Source: Internet

Almost a year later the RMS has done zilch. Source: Internet

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