noun
gazillion
guh-ZIHL-yuhn
noun
1
An enormous, deliberately vague number, used informally rather than as an exact figure.
"There must be a gazillion emails sitting in my inbox."
"He has a gazillion excuses for being late."
How to Use Gazillion
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn exaggerated way of saying "a huge number," not a real quantity.
When to use it
Informal and humorous — avoid in formal or technical writing.
Word Forms
gazillions plural
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Etymology
A playful 20th-century coinage modelled on real number words like million and billion, with the exaggerated-sounding "gaz-" front used purely for comic effect.