(archaic) To be executed by hanging.

plural of get-nothing

(obsolete) A lazy person; an idler; a layabout.

(basketball) The situation where the ball passes through the net without striking either the rim or the backboard.

Alternative form of you don't get something for nothing

One cannot expect to receive some benefit if one does not pay for it in some way or does not face a counterbalancing hazard or harm.

(computing) Of a distributed system or architecture: fulfilling each update request by a single node, so as to eliminate contention among nodes.

The state of knowing nothing; ignorance. / A perverse admiration or embrace of ignorance.

To have no value, or carry no weight with someone.

In a nonchalant manner, by ignoring the existence of a past event and pretending that nothing abnormal had occurred.