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naught

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) naught (pronoun)
  2. 2) naught (noun)
  3. nought
  4. good-for-naught (noun)

1naught

pronoun \ˈnȯt, ˈnät\

Definition of NAUGHT

: nothing <efforts came to naught>
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Variants of NAUGHT

naught also nought \ˈnȯt, ˈnät\

Origin of NAUGHT

Middle English nought, from Old English nāwiht, from nā no + wiht creature, thing — more at no, wight
First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with NAUGHT

aught, baht, blot, bot, clot, cot, dot, ghat, grot, hot, jot, khat, knot, kyat, lot, lotte, Mott, motte, not, plot, pot, rot, scot, Scot, shot, skat, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, watt, Watt, what, wot, yacht

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