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Definitions for Notchy

[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] (of a motor vehicle gear mechanism) requiring careful gear-changing, as if having to fit the lever into narrow notches
[11] a V-shaped cut or indentation; nick
[12] a cut or nick made in a tally stick or similar object
[13] US and Canadian a narrow pass or gorge
[14] informal a step or level (esp in the phrase a notch above )
[15] to cut or make a notch in
[16] to record with or as if with a notch
[17] (usually foll by up) informal to score or achieve the team notched up its fourth win

Words nearby Notchy

notchnotarize, notary, notary public, notate, notation, notch, notch baby, notch effect, notchback, notched collar, notchy

Origin of Notchy

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

Other words from Notchy

notch·y , adjective
un·notched , adjective

Word origin for Notchy

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