zilch

[ zilch ]

noun

, Slang.

1. zero; nothing:

   The search came up with zilch.

zilch

/ zɪltʃ /

noun

1. nothing
2. sport nil

Word History and Origins

Origin of zilch¹

1965–70, Americanism; perhaps continuous with earlier zilch snafu, Mr. Zilch a character in Ballyhoo, a humor magazine first published in 1931; for sense zip ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of zilch¹

C20: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Many assume the party is headed for a wood-chipper in November, offering voters a big pile of zilch.

From TIme

Strasburg, Corbin and Soto have contributed zilch, which not one major league guru would have guessed.

From Washington Post

Zilch, what with Showtime's other steamy sex-heavy drama, The Affair, stealing its thunder.

From The Daily Beast

His conduct is boorish and intemperate; his views are anachronistic and absurd; his moral authority is zilch.

From The Daily Beast

But there is nothing—zero, zilch, nada—in the Ryan plan that demonstrates how that reduction would come to pass.

From The Daily Beast

Unlike those guys, MacGruber knows zilch about crime fighting.

From The Daily Beast

Prince Zilch read the number of the room upon a brass sign and went up.

From Project Gutenberg