empty calories



empty calories

Food that has little or no nutritional value. For example, Snacking on beer and potato chips makes for a lot of empty calories. [1960s]
See also: empty

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nurasyl-Kazakh
Iveta-Czech, Slovak
Orna (2)-Hebrew
Mattheus-Biblical Latin
Sabah Ud-Din-Arabic (Rare)
Saraswati-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi