NOTCH Definition & Meaning

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notch

[ noch ]

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an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
a cut or nick made in a stick or other object for record, as in keeping a tally.
New England and Upstate New York. a deep, narrow opening or pass between mountains; gap; defile.
Informal. a step, degree, or grade:
This camera is a notch better than the other.
Metallurgy. a taphole in a blast furnace:
iron notch; cinder notch.

notch

/ ��ɒ��ʃ /

to cut or make a notch in
to record with or as if with a notch
informal.
usually foll by up to score or achieve
the team notched up its fourth win

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Origin of notch¹

1570–80; a notch (by false division) for an *otch < Old French oche notch

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Origin of notch¹

C16: from incorrect division of an otch (as a notch ), from Old French oche notch, from Latin �ǲ�� to cut off, from �� to cut

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notch up / down, to move up or down or increase or decrease by notches or degrees:
The temperature has notched up another degree.

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But he drove the level of discourse down by more than a few notches.

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Leavy was one of the witnesses to her execution, his legend about to acquire another notch.

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The aura of invincibility which he had developed has dropped a notch.

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For Republicans, Boasberg’s order became another notch in a long line of judicial attacks against Trump.

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The 30-year-old Fox has been a consistent contributor for the Chargers in the last three years, notching 27 tackles and 3½ sacks in 2024.

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