Definition of nacht
1. naught [ n ] a quantity of no importance
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"
(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)
Furthermore - and this , to me , strikes an especially warming note - it shall avail the vandals naught to throw_away or dispose of their loot .
Synonyms nothing zero naught goose_egg aught nada cipher cypher nix zilch zip nonentity nil Related Terms relative_quantity thing bugger_all nihil2. naught [ n ] a quantity of no importance
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"
3. naught [ n ] complete failure
Examples:
"all my efforts led to naught"
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