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Naught is a related term of nix.


As a noun naught

is (uk|ireland|australia|nz) (now rare or archaic in us, canada ) zero.

As a pronoun naught

is nothing.

As a proper noun nix is

(astronomy) one of the moons of pluto (named 21 june 2006) or nix can be .

naught

English

Alternative forms

* nought

Noun

(-)
  • (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada ) Zero.
  • Yet another naught on the scoreboard for the home team.
  • (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada ) Nothing; nothingness.
  • Naught can come of this, you mark my words.''

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • nothing
  • See also

    * aught * naw * negative * no * noot * not * nought * nowt * ought * zip

    nix

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) nix, colloquial form of . More at (l).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (colloquial): nothing.
  • Synonyms
    * nada * zip

    Verb

    (es)
  • To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
  • Nix the last order - the customer walked out.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=June 17 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=At work Mr. Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr. Burns has ordered thrown into the mix as a form of culinary Russian Roulette, only to learn from Smithers that the plant’s lawyers ultimately nixed the poisoned donut plan because “they consider it murder.”}}
  • To destroy or eradicate.
  • References

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie.
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