- a variation of naught.
nought
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See “something will turn up” and “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds nought and six, result misery.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
After 10 balls on nought he began the counter, often advancing down the pitch.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
History has taught you that pouring out your time, energy and emotions will similarly come to nought.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
They dropped or missed five clear chances overall, the most costly being wicketkeeper Jamie Smith's drop of Head on three and Ben Duckett shelling Alex Carey on nought.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
There was no assault, however, and nought disturbed the countryside as we marched south toward the front.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Working with just ones, noughts, and a saucerful of secrets, these ground-breaking artists stand front and centre of any modern corporate or commerical strategy.
From Forbes ● Jun. 30, 2015
Come the naughty noughts, bulging upper-body muscles were eventually co-opted by the Jersey Shore crowd whereupon they gradually lost much of their frisson.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2015
A standard calculator only has room for seven noughts.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2015
People will want to put noughts on it and all the rest of it, but I was never in it for the money.
From BBC ● May 28, 2011
"Why, just a four and two noughts will, I think, put him straight," the bearer of the hat replied.
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Mark Lemon
