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Definitions for Notched
[1] an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
[2] a cut or nick made in a stick or other object for record, as in keeping a tally.
[3] New England and Upstate New York . a deep, narrow opening or pass between mountains; gap; defile.
[4] Informal . a step, degree, or grade: This camera is a notch better than the other.
[5] Metallurgy . a taphole in a blast furnace: iron notch; cinder notch.
[6] to cut or make a notch in.
[7] to record by notches: He notched each kill on the stick.
[8] to score, as in a game: He notched another win.
[9] notch up /down , to move up or down or increase or decrease by notches or degrees: The temperature has notched up another degree.
[10] a V-shaped cut or indentation; nick
[11] a cut or nick made in a tally stick or similar object
[12] US and Canadian a narrow pass or gorge
[13] informal a step or level (esp in the phrase a notch above )
[14] to cut or make a notch in
[15] to record with or as if with a notch
[16] (usually foll by up) informal to score or achieve the team notched up its fourth win
Words related to Notched
notchjagged, rough, serrated, serrate, incised, saw-toothed, emarginated, erose
Words nearby Notched
notchnotarize, notary, notary public, notate, notation, notch, notch baby, notch effect, notchback, notched collar, notchy
Origin of Notched
1570–80; a notch (by false division) for an *otch < Old French oche notch
Other words from Notched
notch·y , adjective
un·notched , adjective
Word origin for Notched
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