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zillion

[ zil-yuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural zillions, (as after a numeral) zillion.

zillion

/ ˈzɪljən /

often plural an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
zillions of flies in this camp

1. amounting to a zillion
  a zillion different problems
2. ( as pronoun )
  I found a zillion under the sink

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Origin of zillion¹

First recorded in 1930–35; jocular alteration of million, billion, etc.

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Origin of zillion¹

C20: on the model of million

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It’s been sad and hard with a zillion reminders of each other.

God forbid you brave the approximately zillion streaming services out there to find something new.

That was nine years ago and a zillions of words have since been written about Trump's dishonesty, corruption, unfitness and authoritarian philosophy.

I saw a toddler careen around the display cases, and pictured a skyscraper toppling and shattering into a zillion tiny pieces.

And when we say a few, we mean zillions.

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