notch

[ noch ]
/ nɒtʃ /

noun

verb (used with object)

Idioms for notch

    notch up/down, to move up or down or increase or decrease by notches or degrees: The temperature has notched up another degree.

Origin of notch

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

OTHER WORDS FROM notch

notch·y, adjective un·notched, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for notched

British Dictionary definitions for notched

notch
/ (nɒtʃ) /

noun

a V-shaped cut or indentation; nick
a cut or nick made in a tally stick or similar object
US and Canadian a narrow pass or gorge
informal a step or level (esp in the phrase a notch above)

verb (tr)

Word Origin for notch

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

Medical definitions for notched

notch
[ nŏch ]

n.

An indentation at the edge of a structure; an incisure.
An upstroke or peak on a pulse tracing.

Idioms and Phrases with notched

notch

see take down a notch.