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WHAT IS the meaning of "zilch"

(O. Krishnan, Pookunnan)

This is a slang term which is mostly used in American English. It means "nothing at all". The final "ch" is pronounced like the "ch" in "children", "chips", and "chew". Here are a few examples.

*And you know what I got for doing all that work? Zilch.

*Poor Mala, she was promised many things, but what she got was zilch.

*The painting you stole is worth zilch.

S. Upendran

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