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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.
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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.
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Notches
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
9.
notch up/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 < Old French oche notch
1570–80; a notch (by false division) for an *otch < Old French oche notch
Related forms
notch·y, adjective
un·notched, adjective
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Word Origin & History
notch
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.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
notch (nŏch)
n.
An indentation at the edge of a structure; an incisure.
An upstroke or peak on a pulse tracing.
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Slang Dictionary
notch definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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