Associations to the word «Nothing»
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Wiktionary
NOTHING, pronoun. Not any thing; no thing.
NOTHING, pronoun. An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
NOTHING, pronoun. (slang) (in double negatives) Anything
NOTHING, noun. Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
NOTHING, noun. A trivial remark (especially in the term sweet nothings).
NOTHING, noun. A nobody (insignificant person).
NOTHING, adverb. (archaic) Not at all; in no way.
NOTHING BALL, noun. (baseball) a pitch which has neither much speed nor much spin
NOTHING BALL, noun. (sports) (British) a ball which presents little attacking threat
NOTHING BALLS, noun. Plural of nothing ball
NOTHING BUT, adverb. Only
NOTHING DOING, interjection. (idiomatic) Absolutely not; definitely no.
NOTHING ELSE FOR IT, noun. Alternative form of nothing for it
NOTHING FLAT, noun. (idiomatic) A very short (but unspecified) amount of time; no time at all.
NOTHING FOR IT, noun. (idiomatic) (often followed by but) No alternative; nothing else to be done or to have recourse to.
NOTHING LIKE, adverb. Not nearly.
NOTHING PERSONAL, interjection. Don't worry (about an issue, etc.)
NOTHING SPECIAL, adjective. (idiomatic) ordinary, run-of-the-mill
NOTHING SPECIAL, noun. (idiomatic) nothing worth discussing; nothing that the speaker wants to mention
NOTHING TO SEE, noun. Not connected or associated.
NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT, adjective. (idiomatic) Not bad; decent; acceptable; worthwhile.
NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT, pronoun. (idiomatic) Not exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good.
Dictionary definition
NOTHING, noun. A quantity of no importance; "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".
NOTHING, adverb. In no respect; to no degree; "he looks nothing like his father".
Wise words
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