Zilch (noun)
zilch
(slang) Nothing. Zero.
1965–70, Americanism; perhaps continuous with earlier zilch snafu, Mr. Zilch a character in Ballyhoo, a humor magazine first published in 1931; for sense zip (nothing).
Example sentences
“They did a thorough search but it turned over zilch.”
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