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zero collapse: the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale; a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number; indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score"; indicating an initial point or origin; of or relating to the null set (a set with no members); adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards"; adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

whippersnapper collapse: someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

dud collapse: failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine"

nullity collapse: something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)

squirt collapse: wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"; cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"

flash in the pan collapse: someone who enjoys transient success but then fails

nothing collapse: a nonexistent thing; a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"; in no way; to no degree; "he looks nothing like his father"

lay figure collapse: dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body

shrimp collapse: small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible; fish for shrimp

obscurity collapse: the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination; an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known; "he worked in obscurity for many years"

punk collapse: substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)

cipher collapse: a message written in a secret code; a secret method of writing; a person of no influence

lightweight collapse: a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds; a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds; an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds; having no importance or influence; "a lightweight intellect"

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