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单词 gazillion
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gazillion

[ guh-zil-yuhn ]
/ gəˈzɪl yən /

noun Informal.

an extremely large, indeterminate number.

Origin of gazillion

First recorded in 1915–20; ga-, variant of ka- + zillion

Words nearby gazillion

gaze nystagmus, gazette, gazetted officer, gazetteer, Gaziantep, gazillion, gazillionaire, gazogene, gazpacho, gazump, gazunder
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Example sentences from the Web for gazillion

  • Eating an abundance of raw foods is one thing; eating a gazillion bananas is something different.

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  • Think American Idol seasons one through five, only about a gazillion times bigger.

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  • Linsky said, “She had all the qualification that someone in that role would need, and they choose from a gazillion candidates.”

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  • Yeah,” Zero said, “one criminal down, seven gazillion to go.

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British Dictionary definitions for gazillion

gazillion
/ (ɡəˈzɪljən) informal /

noun plural -lions or -lion

(often pl) an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amountgazillions of people turned up

determiner

  1. amounting to a gazilliona gazillion types to choose from
  2. (as pronoun)I found a gazillion under the sink

Word Origin for gazillion

C20: on the model of million
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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