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dillion

dillion noun: an unspecified large number (of).

Noun

dillion (plural dillions)

  1. (excessive, slang) An unspecified large number (of).
    • 'The human bean,' the Giant went on, 'is coming in dillions of different flavours. […]1982, Roald Dahl, The BFG
    • He'd been sitting in the car for a dillion years waiting for his mother to find her glasses.2012, Gretel Killeen, My Sister's a Yo-Yo

Forms of dillion

pluraldillions

Origin of dillion

See -illion.

Questions about dillion

What does dillion mean?
Dillion means an unspecified large number (of).
What part of speech is dillion?
Dillion is a noun.
What is the plural of dillion?
The plural of dillion is dillions.

Words near dillion in the dictionary

  1. Dillingers
  2. Dillingham
  3. Dillinghams
  4. dillings
  5. dillio
  6. dillion
  7. dillions
  8. dillis
  9. dillisk
  10. Dillistone
  11. dillkött

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