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database is a comprehensive collection of all the American idioms and slang available.
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zilch
What does "zilch" mean? | : nothing. | A: "How much money do you have?"B: "Zilch. I'm broke until payday."
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Zip your lip!
What does "Zip your lip!" mean? | : keep something secret; promise not to tell
what has just been said. | "What I told you is really important, so zip yourlip!"
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zero hour
What does "zero hour" mean? | the exact time when an attack or other military action will start | The air force planes waited until zero hour in order to start out on their bombing mission.
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zero hour
What does "zero hour" mean? | the time when an important decision or change is supposed to come | We waited for zero hour and the time when the new computer system was supposed to begin operating.
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zero in on
What does "zero in on" mean? | adjust a gun so that it will hit a target, aim at something | The soldiers zeroed in on the target and began to fire their guns.
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zero in on
What does "zero in on" mean? | give one`s full attention to | We zeroed in on the problem of what to do with the excess space in our office.
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zero-sum game
What does "zero-sum game" mean? | a situation where if one person wins or gains something then another person must lose | It was a zero-sum game with the manager and someone had to win or lose.
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zonk out
What does "zonk out" mean? | fall asleep very quickly | As soon as I got home last night I immediately zonked out.
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zap
What does "zap" mean? | impress somebody | She really zapped me!
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zap
What does "zap" mean? | shock somebody | Don't zap me, bro!
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zapped
What does "zapped" mean? | fatigued; tired; exhausted | I feel completely zapped
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zapper
What does "zapper" mean? | microwave oven. | Stick it in the zapper and warm it up.
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zapper
What does "zapper" mean? | remote control; TV remote | Hand me the zapper, will you, I want to change the channel.
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zebra
What does "zebra" mean? | improbable or ridiculous diagnosis | The doctor gave us a total zebra. It's just ridiculous
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zero
What does "zero" mean? | person of no value | He's such a zero. Forget him!
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zip
What does "zip" mean? | nothing; nothing at all | After the poker game, I was left with zip.
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zip
What does "zip" mean? | score of zero | It was 10 to zip, we won!
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zip
What does "zip" mean? | spirit; vigor; energy | Those two cups of coffee really gave me some zip!
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zit
What does "zit" mean? | pimple. | Damn, another zit. Where's my medicine?
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zonk
What does "zonk" mean? | fatigue or tire somebody | You're really starting to zonk me, man! Leave me alone!
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zonk out
What does "zonk out" mean? | collapse from fatigue | I'm so zonked out, I just need to go to bed.
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zonked
What does "zonked" mean? | drunk; intoxicated | He was so zonked after the night of partying that we couldn't let him drive.
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zonked
What does "zonked" mean? | fatigued; tired; exhausted. | I'm totally zonked from studying.
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zonked out
What does "zonked out" mean? | drunk; intoxicated | I'm so zonked out, I just need to go to bed.
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zonked out
What does "zonked out" mean? | fatigued; tired; exhausted. | He's really zonked out from studying so much.
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Zigged before you zagged
What does "Zigged before you zagged" mean? | If you did things in the wrong order, you zigged before you zagged. |
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Zip it
What does "Zip it" mean? | This is used to tell someone to be quiet. |
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Zero tolerance
What does "Zero tolerance" mean? | If the police have a zero tolerance policy, they will not overlook any crime, no matter how small or trivial. |
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