Notch Definition

nŏch
notched, notches, notching
noun
notches
A concave or V-shaped cut or indentation in an edge or across a surface.
Webster's New World
Such a cut used for keeping a record.
American Heritage
A narrow pass with steep sides; defile; gap.
Webster's New World
A step; grade; degree; peg.
A notch below average.
Webster's New World
verb
notched, notches, notching
To cut a notch or notches in; indent with notches.
Webster's New World
To record or tally, as by means of notches.
Webster's New World
To achieve; score.
Notched 30 wins in a single season.
American Heritage
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.
Wiktionary

To achieve (something).

The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Notch

Noun

Singular:
notch
Plural:
notches

Origin of Notch

  • Recorded since 1577, probably a rebracketing of an + otch, which noun stems from Middle French oche (“notch"), itself from the Old French verb ochier (“to notch"), of unknown origin

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably from a notch alteration of an otch from French oche from Old French from ochier to notch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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