. 1. In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; -- so named in allusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0. Called also duck egg. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
2. A bump on the skin caused by a blow, especially one on the head. [ PJC ]
(n) a quantity of no importance, Syn. nil, null, cypher, nada, goose egg, cipher, zippo, zilch, aught, zip, naught, zero, nix, Example: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
[へいだん;へいたん;べいだん, heidan ; heitan ; beidan] (n) type of pastry of the Heian period made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares