nought
noun
noughts
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pluralof nought.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Working with just ones, noughts, and a saucerful of secrets, these ground-breaking artists stand front and centre of any modern corporate or commerical strategy.
From Forbes ● Jun. 30, 2015
Come the naughty noughts, bulging upper-body muscles were eventually co-opted by the Jersey Shore crowd whereupon they gradually lost much of their frisson.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2015
He said the first programs he intended to run on his mega processor were likely to be Tetris, noughts and crosses and 1970s evolutionary simulation Life by mathematician John Conway.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2015
So into the side comes Ravi Bopara, an international batsman of contrasts, with the sublime of hundreds in three successive Tests following the ridiculous of three noughts in succession.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2011
I was wearing a black dress, on the lapels of which it afforded amusement to my companions to play a game of noughts and crosses with their fingers amid the accumulated dust.
From Through Finland in Carts by Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie
