plural of shot to nothing

(snooker) An attempted pot that is intended not to leave a possible pot for the opponent if missed.

(idiomatic) To take any measures to do or achieve something, especially if it involves great risk or danger; to do everything in one's power.

(baseball) a pitch which has neither much speed nor much spin / (sports, Britain) a ball which presents little attacking threat

plural of nothing ball

(dated, idiomatic, now chiefly India) Absolutely not; definitely no.

A polite way to dismiss thanks as unnecessary

Not nearly.

(idiomatic) useless; worthless

(historical) A member of a secret antiforeigner political organization in the nineteenth-century United States.