jack all

See also: jackall, and jack-all

English

Noun

jack all (uncountable)

1. (mildly vulgar, slang) Nothing.
   • 2011, Natalie Anderson, Nice Girls Finish Last, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 124:

     'I hate it.' Gruff, low, rough. 'I paid off her mortgage but she refuses to take more money from me and cleaning is what she's always done. Dad left her with nothing and even before he left he just did jack all in his shed all day.'

   • 2011, Laura Hodges, The Sweet Kiss of Friendship, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 117:

     "I was holding onto the idea of you and I did jack all with anyone the entire time you were gone."

   • 2013, Keri Arthur, Darkness Unmasked: A Dark Angels Novel, Penguin, →ISBN, page 232:

     I took another of those calming breaths that did jack all to calm, then called to the Aedh and got the hell out of there. I left the Ducati where she was—right then, I didn't particularly care if Rhoan saw it or not.

   • 2016, Joe Lycett, Parsnips, Buttered: Laugh-out-loud lockdown reading, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:

     […] and you did jack all about it so I propose another vote of no confidence in this website and the weak-willed, grey-suited end of bells who run it.

   • 2019, Anya Allyn, Paracosm, Anya Allyn

     "Their therapies did jack all. So we stopped all that. Lincoln's happy enough. Well, he's not unhappy."

Alternative forms

• jack-all

Synonyms

• fuck all
• see also Thesaurus:nothing