Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gadzillion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gadzil-lion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unspecified large number (of).

Slang

Example Sentences

""I think you'll find that what Jez wanted to 'do'—and, in fact, actually was 'doing'—was more women." "And she was having a gadzillion affairs with anything that had a hairy chest and a gym membership card." "Gadzillions?" I asked, pulling a face. "Millions of gadzillions," said Elaine. "Millions.""
"By selecting baseball, Hair Doo has given up a paycheck plus any other job-related satisfaction that could have been had from those pursuits. He has decided that his $10 gadzillion salary and the nonmonetary enjoyment of playing baseball outweigh his next best alternative."

Etymology

Contains -illion.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

gadzillions (plural)

Questions

What does gadzillion mean?: An unspecified large number (of).
Where does gadzillion come from?: Contains -illion.

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