"kabillion" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-kabillion.ogg [Australia] Forms: kabillions [plural]
Etymology: See + -illion. Possibly influenced by Arabic kabīr = "big". Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||illion}} + -illion Head templates: {{en-noun}} kabillion (plural kabillions)
  1. (slang, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of). Wikipedia link: kabillion Tags: excessive, slang

Inflected forms

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