jack-alln.
/ˌdʒakˈɔːl/, /ˈdʒakˌɔːl/, U.S. /ˌdʒækˈɔl/, /ˌdʒækˈɑl/ slang.
Nothing at all; (in negative constructions) anything at all; the least thing. Cf. jackshit n., jack squat n.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing > nothing at all
noughtOE
neither tip nor toe1610
nix1781
damn the haet1787
no nothing1815
zero1823
all1842
neither hide nor hair1857
zip1900
nixie1906
damn all1910
fuck-all1916
Fanny Adams1919
bugger-all1921
S.F.A.1933
not a sausage1938
shit1949
zilch1956
eff-all1958
sod all1958
diddly-squat1963
diddly1964
jack-all1965
niente1969
zippo1973
feck-all1975
hee-haw1975
naff all1977
jack squat1986
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anything > anything at all
whatsoever1579
whatever1637
quicquidlibet1647
whatsomever1648
jack-all1965
jack squat1986
1965 A. Sillitoe in Winter's Tales 11 185 Money changes hands and blokes like us get jack-all for it.
1996 C. J. Stone Fierce Dancing xi. 171 You've done jack-all.
2005 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 5 Dec. a14 Little Ms. Toronto obviously didn't know jack-all about his craft, or his former craft.
2013 Sun (Nexis) 5 Apr. 11 Why do programme producers insist on having presenters fronting shows about subjects they know jack all about?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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