ZIPPO
Dictionary entry overview: What does zippo mean? • ZIPPO (noun)
The noun ZIPPO has 1 sense:
1. a quantity of no importance
Familiarity information: ZIPPO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ZIPPO (noun)
Meaning:
A quantity of no importance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
aught; zip; zilch; zero; null; nothing; nix; nil; naught; nada; goose egg; zippo; cypher; cipher
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("zippo" is a kind of...):
relative quantity (a quantity relative to some purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zippo"):
nihil ((Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ))
bugger all; Fanny Adams; fuck all; sweet Fanny Adams (little or nothing at all)
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