English noun: Fanny Adams | |||
1. | Fanny Adams (quantity) little or nothing at all | ||
Samples | I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all. I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery. | ||
Synonyms | bugger all, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams | ||
Broader (hypernym) | aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo | ||
Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
Domain usage | dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarism | ||
2. | Fanny Adams (food) nautical term for tinned meat | ||
Broader (hypernym) | canned meat, tinned meat | ||
Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||