notch
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//nɒtʃ//
- United States//nɑtʃ//
- Australia//nɔtʃ//
- //nɔːtʃ//
- //nɑːtʃ//
A V-shaped cut.
noun
- 1
A V-shaped cut.
- 2
A V-shaped cut. Such a cut, used for keeping a record.
The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.
- 3
An indentation.
- 4
A mountain pass; a defile.
- 5
slangThe 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.
- 6
slangA 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
- 7
A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule.
- 8
informalA level or degree.
This car is a notch better than the other.
Can you speak a notch louder, please?
a better team might also have done more to expose Uruguay’s occasionally brittle defence, but England’s speed of thought and movement in their attacking positions was a good notch or two down from the Italy game.
Your doctor is one of the nosiest asari I've ever met. And that's saying A LOT. She needs to take it down four or five notches, or I won't be long for this show.
- 9
A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house a camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space.
Etymology
Recorded since 1577, probably a rebracketing of an otch, from Middle French oche (“notch”), itself from the Old French verb ochier (“to notch”), of uncertain origin, but possibly related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”).
verb
- 1
To cut a notch in (something).
- 2
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.
- 3
To join by means of notches.
- 4
informalTo achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes.
The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.
Jenkins booted a pair of field goals, Hopkins and George Nwokoji each notched a touchdown.
- 5
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 […]
As Uncle Bunse threw his armful of stuff into the canoe, half a dozen other Indians crept forward, notching their arrows to shoot.
- 6
To change in small graduations.
to notch back a salary
Forms
- plural
- notches
- past tense
- notched
- past participle
- notched
- present participle
- notching
- third person singular
- notches