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NOTHINGS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
they traded a few nothings as they parted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("nothings" is a kind of...):
conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nothings"):
honeyed words; sweet nothings (inconsequential expressions of affection)