Word BookShort entry

Zippo

noun/zˈɪpoʊ/

Definition

a quantity of no importance

it looked like nothing I had ever seen before

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/zˈɪpoʊ/

🇬🇧British English

/zˈɪpəʊ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/zˈɪpəʊ/

3 syllables Say it as /zˈɪpoʊ/.

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

nothing nil nix nada null aught cipher cypher goose egg naught zero zilch

Parts of Speech

noun	a quantity of no importance “it looked like nothing I had ever seen before”

Word Forms

zero

verb

adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

Around the World

Europe

🇷🇺Russian

Зиппо

количество, не имеющее значения

India

🇧🇩Bengali

জিপ্পো

কোন গুরুত্ব একটি পরিমাণ

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઝિપ્પો

કોઈ મહત્વનો જથ્થો

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

之宝

不重要的数量

🇯🇵Japanese

ジッポ

重要ではない量

🇰🇷Korean

지포

중요하지 않은 양

🇹🇭Thai

ซิปโป้

ปริมาณที่ไม่มีความสำคัญ

Middle East

🇮🇱Hebrew

זיפו

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