Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An indefinitely large number.
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- noun slang, hyperbolic An unspecified large number (of).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It is amazing to me that there can be numerous health care plans in Congress plus a jillion speeches on the topic by the President and not once does anyone mention “torts.”
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About a jillion and a half oat eaters have been made in the area.
Durango, Durango 2009
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Last year's MNF show aside, if he throws for a jillion yards, it generally means that the Eagles are in BIG trouble.
Elizabeth Engel: LOLskins, Indeed Elizabeth Engel 2011
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I'm tired of having to follow a jillion plot points and trying to keep track of it all, and yearn for the 'good ol days' of done in ones ... and comics are so serious now.
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About a jillion and a half oat eaters have been made in the area.
Durango, Durango 2009
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About a jillion and a half oat eaters have been made in the area.
Durango, Durango 2009
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But, between the ga-jillion dollars the Dark Knight made, the ga-jillion dollars that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will make and the potential of Terminator Salvation, I think WB will be fine money wise.
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Abandoned canines are always more "interesting" than their mama-loved-me cousins, and adoption scores you a jillion brownie points.
Finding Fido Anne Kadet 2011
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It 's possible: Rembrandt, Pollack and Warhol all sold on the street before they got their 15 jillion minutes of fame.
Sidewalk Impressionism Anne Kadet 2010
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I have learned a ba-jillion lessons from my struggles.
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