Sekirov Dictionary

zilch

/zɪlt͡ʃ/

noun 2
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

•
(informal) Nothing, zero.
- Her search for decent home-made winter clothes came up with zilch, so she had to get imported stuff.
•
(informal, no longer used) A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character.
- President Henry P. Zilch. Chairman of the Board Charles D. Zilch. Treasurer Otto Zilch. — 1931

adjective1

•
(informal) No, zero, non-existent.
- Zilch, adj. Nothing, zero... — 1966

verb1

•
(US, informal) To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat.
- We zilched them on that rubber. — 1969

forms

zilched · zilching · zilches

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