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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a quantity of no importance;
- Example: "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"
- Example: "reduced to nil all the work we had done"
- Example: "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"
- Example: "it was all for naught"
- Example: "I didn't hear zilch about it"
[syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]


VERB (1)

1. command against;
- Example: "I forbid you to call me late at night"
- Example: "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"
- Example: "Dad nixed our plans"
[syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nix \Nix\, n.; fem. Nixe. [G. Cf. 1st Nick.] (Teut. Myth.)
   One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a
   mischievous disposition.
   [1913 Webster]

         The treacherous nixes who entice men to a watery death.
                                                  --Tylor.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nix
    n 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" [syn: nothing,
         nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher,
         goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
    v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night";
         "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed
         our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict,
         proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow,
         countenance, let, permit]