nothing
Never mind; it's not important; forget what I said.
Adjective
- Completely unimportant.
- Dallas scored on what had seemed until then like a nothing play.
- Lacking effort or commitment.
- The cricketer played a nothing shot.
Origin
From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).
Forms
nuffin nuffin' nuffink nuttin nuttin' nuthin nuthin' nuthing nothin' nothink
Adverb
- Not at all; in no way.
- Nothing too much out of the ordinary.
- Nothing dismayed, I repeated my query.
- The answer was an impatient one—but, nothing daunted, he continued. - 1855, The Ladies' Repository, volume 15, page 544:
Forms
nuffin nuffin' nuffink nuttin nuttin' nuthin nuthin' nuthing nothin' nothink
Interjection
- Never mind; it's not important; forget what I said.
Forms
nuffin nuffin' nuffink nuttin nuttin' nuthin nuthin' nuthing nothin' nothink
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Derived
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Noun
- Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
- - What happened to your face? - It's nothing.
- Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths. - 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London:...
- Knuckles: The Egg Carrier is nothing compared to this! - 2003, Sonic Team USA, Sonic Heroes, Sega, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, level/area: Final Fortress:
- A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.
- A nobody (insignificant person).
Forms
nothings nuffin nuffin' nuffink nuttin nuttin' nuthin nuthin' nuthing nothin' nothink
Pronoun
- Not any thing; no thing.
- Don't just say nothing. Tell me what's going on.
- Nothing bad will happen, will it?
- There remains nothing more to be done.
- An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
Forms
nuffin nuffin' nuffink nuttin nuttin' nuthin nuthin' nuthing nothin' nothink
Synonyms
not a thing naught jack nada zip zippo zilch squat nix bugger all jack shit sod all fuck all dick nowt nothing of any consequence nothing consequential nothing important nothing significant something inconsequential something insignificant something of no consequence something trifling something unimportant
Antonyms
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absent empty gone hill of beans row of pins nonentity nonexistent vacant vacuum void quantifier