notch
[ noch ]
/ nɒtʃ /
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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
1570–80; a notch (by false division) for an*otch<Old French oche notch
OTHER WORDS FROM notch
notchy, adjectiveun·notched, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use notch in a sentence
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
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Other Idioms and Phrases with notch
notch
see take down a notch.
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