n. The decade of the 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, etc. The noughties. The 2000s.
v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of zero.
Word Usage
"Mrs. Heffley, enigmatic behind the twin zeroes of her spectacles, is a shrewd dispenser of domestic justice, while Mr. H (a Civil War nut) tends to do his parenting in lunges of impetuous dad-ness."