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notch

[ noch ]
/ nɒtʃ /
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noun

verb (used with object)

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RELATED WORDS

rung, gash, cut, indent, incision, scratch, indenture, gap, nick, score, cleft, mill, mark, groove, rut, nock, rabbet, grade, step, degree

Nearby words

  1. notarize,
  2. notary,
  3. notary public,
  4. notate,
  5. notation,
  6. notch baby,
  7. notch effect,
  8. notchback,
  9. notched collar,
  10. notchy

Idioms

    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

1570–80; a notch (by false division) for an *otch < Old French oche notch
Related formsnotch·y, adjectiveun·notched, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for notch

notch

/ (nɒtʃ) /

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 obsecāre to cut off, from secāre to cut
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for notch

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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Idioms and Phrases with notch

notch

see take down a notch.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.