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In some senses, zippo is marked as slang, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
zippo
UK /ˈzɪpəʊ/ US /ˈzɪpoʊ/
noun 3verb 2adj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
faithful, large
VERB + ZIPPO
minus
ZIPPO + NOUN
investment
PREP.
on
Definitions
adj
1
Zero; none whatsoever.
“The whole situation is magnificent news, especially when the problem has been zippo investment by large corporations in Africa,” says Robert H. Bates[…].
noun
1
Zero. Typically used for emphasis, as when the listener might expect a positive quantity.
We got 200 consoles and we sold 200 consoles and 200 minus 200 is ZIPPO, so I can't sell you anything right now.
verb
1
To light on fire.
I didn't want to burn 'em out, but that's policy. So we zippoed their hooch.
Once the last villagers had left Ben Suc, the buildings were doused with petrol and zippoed.
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“The whole situation is magnificent news, especially when the problem has been zippo investment by large corporations in Africa,” says Robert H. Bates[…].
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We got 200 consoles and we sold 200 consoles and 200 minus 200 is ZIPPO, so I can't sell you anything right now.
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I didn't want to burn 'em out, but that's policy. So we zippoed their hooch.
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Once the last villagers had left Ben Suc, the buildings were doused with petrol and zippoed.
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The youth climbed off, Zippoed a wick in a glass bottle and walked towards Jake's flat.
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He was about to make the farewell flick of the wheel on his faithful Zippo, which had seen him through the Normany hedgerows, the Ardennes, Germany, and postwar America, when he heard a key in the fro
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