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notch
[ noch ]
/ nÉtÊ /
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noun
verb (used with object)
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Idioms about notch
notch up / down, to move up or down or increase or decrease by notches or degrees: The temperature has notched up another degree.
Origin of notch
1570â80; a notch (by false division) for an*otch<Old French oche notch
OTHER WORDS FROM notch
notchy, adjectiveun·notched, adjectiveWords nearby notch
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British Dictionary definitions for notch
notch
/ (nÉtÊ) /
noun
a V-shaped cut or indentation; nick
a cut or nick made in a tally stick or similar object
US and Canadian a narrow pass or gorge
informal a step or level (esp in the phrase a notch above)
verb (tr)
Word Origin for notch
C16: from incorrect division of an otch (as a notch), from Old French oche notch, from Latin obsecÄre to cut off, from secÄre to cut
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Medical definitions for notch
notch
[ nĆch ]
n.
An indentation at the edge of a structure; an incisure.
An upstroke or peak on a pulse tracing.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with notch
notch
see take down a notch.
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