nothing short of

Variant of nothing

nothing definition

noth·ing (nut̸h′iŋ)

pronoun

    1. no thing; not anything; naught
    2. no part, element, trace, etc. nothing of kindness in him
    1. something of little or no value, seriousness, etc.; trifle
    2. a person considered to be of no value or importance

Etymology: ME < OE na thing, nan thing

noun

  1. nonexistence; nothingness
  2. a thing that does not exist
    1. something of little or no value, seriousness, etc.; trifle
    2. a person considered to be of no value or importance
  4. a naught; zero; cipher

adverb

not at all; in no manner or degree nothing daunted
nothing Idioms

for nothing

  1. free; at no cost
  2. in vain; uselessly
  3. without reason

in nothing flat

☆
Informal in almost no time at all

make nothing of

  1. to treat as of little importance
  2. to fail to understand

nothing but

only; nothing other than

nothing doing

Informal
  1. no: used as a refusal of a request
  2. no result, accomplishment, etc.: an exclamation of disappointment

nothing if not

decidedly and unmistakably he's nothing if not prompt

nothing less than

no less than; just the same as
also nothing short of

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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