Zippo has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
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"
2
A reusable lighter.
"He pulled out his zippo to light a cigarette while waiting for the bus."
Verb
1
To light on fire.
"The mechanic said he needed a zippo to light the pilot on his stove, though it was just an old-fashioned way of saying lighter."
2
Alternative spelling of zippo
Adjective
1
None whatsoever
"The fire had burned out completely, leaving us with a zippo chance of survival in the freezing wind."
Example Sentences
"it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"
noun
"reduced to nil all the work we had done"
noun
"we racked up a pathetic goose egg"
noun
"it was all for naught"
noun
"I didn't hear zilch about it"
noun
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)