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zilching

zilching is the present participle and gerund of zilch.

Meaning of zilch

Verb

zilch (third-person singular simple present zilches, present participle zilching, simple past and past participle zilched)

  1. (US, informal) To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat.
    • We zilched them on that rubber.1969, University of South Dakota, Current Slang
    Synonyms:
    shutout

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Questions about zilching

What is zilching the present participle and gerund of?
Zilching is the present participle and gerund of zilch.

Words near zilching in the dictionary

  1. Zilberschlag
  2. Zilberstein
  3. zilch
  4. zilched
  5. zilches
  6. zilching
  7. zilde
  8. zildes
  9. Zildjian
  10. zileuton
  11. Zilhidjeh

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