Zilch — may refer to: * Zile, a city in eastern Turkey * Zilch (band), a Japanese American musical groupA Los Angeles Based New Wave Band 1977 1983 known for anti disco movement song Jerk Teens Jerk and follow up Cool Cool Corduroy Culottes both played… … Wikipedia
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 — [[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
