/nɒtʃ/, /nɑt͡ʃ/
OriginRecorded 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”).
- 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.”
- An indentation.
- A mountain pass; a defile.
- 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.”
“He forced his prick between her reluctant lips, all slimy and soiled as it was from the previous enculade, then producing an enormous dildoe, nearly twelve inches long, and big in proportion, he put a”
“It was some time ere I recovered myself, and then it was through the teasings and ticklings of my lovely tormentors. I had a pallet made on the floor of the cabin from the beds in the staterooms, and ”
- US, 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”
- A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule.
- 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”
- A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house a camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space.
- transitiveTo cut a notch in (something).
- transitiveTo 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.”
- transitiveTo join by means of notches.
- informal, transitiveTo 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.”
- transitiveSynonym 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.”
- transitiveTo change in small graduations.
Formsnotches(plural) · notches(present, singular, third-person) · notching(participle, present) · notched(participle, past) · notched(past)