Sekirov Dictionary

notch

UK /nɒtʃ/US /nɑtʃ/

noun 9
verb 6
forms 4
phrases 5

noun9

A V-shaped cut.
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Such a cut, used for keeping a record.
- The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.
An indentation.
A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house a camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space.
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A level or degree.
- This car is a notch better than the other.
- Can you speak a notch louder, please?
A mountain pass; a defile.
A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule.
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(slang) The female primary sex organ, vulva.
- If this Coin pass, no Man that lives, Shall dun for Past Debauches; Zounds, Landlords, send but in your Wifes, We’ll scow’r off all their Notches. — 1720
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(US, slang) A woman.
- These ladies from the west got game Who got the best, VA, DC, Georgia, New York, Texas, Louisiana, or Florida The Middwest got some super notches You eva seen Cali's finest, man, who could top us — 2003

verb6

To cut a notch in (something).
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(informal) To achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes.
- The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.
To change in small graduations.
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To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
- The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.
To join by means of notches.
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Synonym of nock (“to fit (an arrow) to a bow”).
- Notching an arrow on the string of his tried and unerring bow, he raised his sinewy arms […] — 1885

forms

notched · notcht · notching · notches

Phrases with notch

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