One more than six. Used to denote a large number, quantity, or amount of something. In early use also in †this seven year (also †these seven years…

Used indefinitely to express a large number. like forty (U.S. colloquial): with immense force or vigour, ‘like anything’.

With quantitative force. colloquial. Of number or quantity: great, large, considerable; (also hyperbolically) unlimited, endless. See also any amount…

An indefinite, (fairly) large number of; ‘umpteen’.

(a) Sixteenth. (b) Latest in an indefinitely long series; ‘umpteenth’.

With an article, numeral, or other quantifier, and followed by a plural noun: amounting to a very large (but indefinite) number or quantity.

An indefinite number of this kind, in adjectival use.

An indefinite number, used in the sense ‘many, several’, etc.

designating an apparently indefinite but large number (stress variable.)

With an article, number, or other quantifier, and followed by a plural noun: amounting to a very large (but indefinite) number or quantity.

With an article, numeral, or other quantifier, and followed by a plural noun: amounting to a very large (but indefinite) number or quantity.