Notch meaning
To record or tally, as by means of notches.
verb
A narrow pass between mountains.
noun
To record by or as if by making notches.
Notched the score on a stick.
verb
(informal) To achieve; score.
Notched 30 wins in a single season.
verb
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A concave or V-shaped cut or indentation in an edge or across a surface.
noun
A narrow pass with steep sides; defile; gap.
noun
(informal) A step; grade; degree; peg.
A notch below average.
noun
To cut a notch or notches in; indent with notches.
verb
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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.
verb
Notch is defined as to cut a V shape in, record or keep score.
An example of to notch is to take note of the soccer game's score, a team that could notch 20 wins in one season.
verb
(informal) A level or degree.
A notch or two higher in quality.
noun
To cut a notch in.
verb
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The definition of a notch is a cut in the shape of a "V" or a step or degree of measurement.
An example of a notch is a V-shaped cut for hanging tools.
An example of notch is a level of music loudness, turn up the sound a notch.
noun
Origin of notch
- 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
- 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