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bazillion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /bəˈzɪlɪən/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

1939. Variation of zillion. See -illion.

Meanings

  1. (excessive, slang) An unspecified large number (of).
    • I second the need for a bazillion dollars. 'twould be nice. :-) 2000 February 19, Shad Laws, “Re: I Need A Bazillion Dollars”, in rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled (Usenet):
    • I wouldn't sleep with him in a bazillion years, but I'm not scared of him. 2001, Colin Harrison, Afterburn, St. Martin's Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 278:
    • I have a bazillion of these kernel messages showing up in my logs... 2003 January 9, ukla, “Bazillion kernel messages?”, in sol.lists.freebsd.questions (Usenet):

Forms

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Deriveds

bazillionaire