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notch

  [noch]
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–noun
1. an angular or V-shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
2. a cut or nick made in a stick or other object for record, as in keeping a tally.
3. New England and Upstate New York. a deep, narrow opening or pass between mountains; gap; defile.
4. Informal. a step, degree, or grade: This camera is a notch better than the other.
5. Metallurgy. a taphole in a blast furnace: iron notch; cinder notch.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cut or make a notch in.
7. to record by notches: He notched each kill on the stick.
8. to score, as in a game: He notched another win.
—Idiom
9. notch up or down, to move up or down or increase or decrease by notches or degrees: The temperature has notched up another degree.
Origin:
1570–80; a notch (by false division) for an *otch < OF oche notch

Related forms:
notchy, adjective
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notch   (nŏch)   
n.  
    1. A V-shaped cut.
    2. Such a cut used for keeping a record.
  2. A narrow pass between mountains.
  3. Informal A level or degree: a notch or two higher in quality.
tr.v.   notched, notch·ing, notch·es
  1. To cut a notch in.
  2. To record by or as if by making notches: notched the score on a stick.
  3. Informal To achieve; score: notched 30 wins in a single season.

[Probably from a notch, alteration of an otch, from French oche, from Old French, from ochier, to notch.]
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Notch

Notch\, n. [Akin to nock; cf. OD. nock, OSw. nocka. Cf. Nick a notch.]

1. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.

And on the stick ten equal notches makes. --Swift.

2. A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.

Notch

Notch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Notched; p. pr. & vb. n. Notching.]

1. To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.

2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.

God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. --Herrick.
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Language Translation for : notch
Spanish: corte, muesca,
German: die Kerbe,
Japanese: 刻み目
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notch  (n.)
1577, probably a misdivision of an otch, from M.Fr. oche "notch," from O.Fr. ochier "to notch," of unknown origin. Not connected with nock (q.v.). The verb is from 1597.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: notch
Pronunciation: 'näch
Function: noun
: a V-shaped indentation (as on a bone) —see ACETABULAR NOTCH, SCIATIC NOTCH, VERTEBRAL NOTCH —notched /'nächt/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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notch (nŏch)
n.

  1. An indentation at the edge of a structure; an incisure.
  2. An upstroke or peak on a pulse tracing.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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notch

see take down a notch.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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