Noun: nix niks
Usage: informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- No amount at all; absence of any thing, quantity or value
"The search yielded nix";
- nothing, nil, nada [N. Amer, informal], null, aught [archaic], cipher, cypher, goose egg [N. Amer, informal], naught [N. Amer], zero, zilch [informal], zip [N. Amer, informal], zippo [N. Amer, informal], nought [Brit]
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- Officially refuse to accept or permit
"Dad nixed our plans";
- forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
Usage: informal
- Not any thing, nothing at all
"There's nix left in the fridge";
- nowt [UK, dialect], nothing, nought [informal], naught [informal], zilch [informal], zip [N. Amer, informal], zippo [N. Amer, informal], nada [N. Amer, informal]
Sounds like: niecee, nix, nicks, Ny
Derived forms: nixing, nixed, nixes
Type of: command, relative quantity, require
Encyclopedia: Nix, Patrick