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zillion

American  
[zil-yuhn] / ˈzɪl yən /

noun

plural

zillions,

plural

zillion

  1. an extremely large, indeterminate number.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or amounting to a zillion.

zillion British  
/ ˈzɪljən /

noun

  1. (often plural) an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount

    zillions of flies in this camp
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determiner

    1. amounting to a zillion

      a zillion different problems

    2. ( as pronoun )

      I found a zillion under the sink
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Etymology

Origin of zillion

First recorded in 1930–35; jocular alteration of million, billion, etc.

Example Sentences

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I think they were all designed by this one woman that they all went to and they all had zillions of Sky tops.

From Los Angeles Times

The truth of that sentence zings through me, zillions of times stronger than any shin pain.

From Literature

“I hadn’t seen it in a zillion years, and when I saw it, I understood it a little bit more. It made me feel tense, but I also thought, ‘Oh, interesting.’

From Los Angeles Times

It’s sort of like...your body is made up of a zillion individual cells, but they all work together to form a single Tangled Stitches.

From Literature

“Earth to Fern. Everything okay? You look like you’re a zillion miles away.”

From Literature

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