zilch

zilch  (zlch) Slang

n.

1. Zero; nothing.

2. A person regarded as being insignificant; a nonentity.

adj.

Amounting to nothing; nil: "Business was zilch" (New York).

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[Perhaps from alteration of z(ero) + (n)il.]

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zilch [zɪltʃ]

n Slang

1. nothing

2. (General Sporting Terms) US and Canadian sport nil

[of uncertain origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

zilch - 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" goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zip, zippo, aught, cypher, cipher relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet" bugger all, Fanny Adams, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery"

Translations

zilch [zɪltʃ] N → nada de nada
these shares are worth zilch → estas acciones no valen nada de nada, estas acciones no valen ni cinco
Mark knows zilch about art → Mark no sabe absolutamente nada sobre arte
he's a real zilch (US) → es un cero a la izquierda

zilch

n (inf: = nothing) → nix (inf)