aught
aught /ˈɔt/
noun
-
A quantity of no importance
(
aught
, cipher
, cypher
, goose egg
, nada
, nil
, nix
, null
, zilch
, naught
, nothing
, zero
, zip
, zippo
)
a quantity of no importance
It looked like nothing I had ever seen before
it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
Reduced to nil all the work we had done
reduced to nil all the work we had done
We racked up a pathetic goose egg
we racked up a pathetic goose egg
It was all for naught
it was all for naught
I didn't hear zilch about it
I didn't hear zilch about it
pronoun
-
[Archaic]
Anything at all; often used in old texts or poetry.
(
aught
[Archaic] , ought
[Archaic] )
Anything at all; often used in old texts or poetry.