Notch Meaning
/nɒtʃ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA V-shaped cut.
nounA V-shaped cut., Such a cut, used for keeping a record.
Sentence Examples
Your accent is top notch!
You're just another notch in my bedpost.
The inquiry has been cranked up a notch.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He carved a small ____ in the wood to remember the exact length.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The carpenter cut a small ____ in the wood so that the two pieces would fit together.
Word Origin & History
Recorded since 1577, probably a rebracketing of an otch, from Middle French oche (“notch”), itself from the Old French verb ochier (“to notch”), of uncertain origin, but possibly related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"If this Coin pass, no Man that lives,
Shall dun for Past Debauches;
Zounds, Landlords, send but in your Wifes,
We’ll scow’r off all their Notches."
— c. 1720, “The Turnep Ground [A broadside song with music]”, in John S. Farmer, editor, Merry Songs and Ballads prior to the year A. D. 1800 (National Ballad and Song), volume 1, published 1897, page 224:
"He forced his prick between her reluctant lips, all slimy and soiled as it was from the previous enculade, then producing an enormous dildoe, nearly twelve inches long, and big in proportion, he put a little cold cream on it, and presented the head to her notch, trying to force it in.
“Ah! No! no! that's so awfully large!” she almost screamed, but the head was partly in, and despite her sobs: and moans of pains, he soon succeeded in passing at least ten inches of it into her distended vagina."
— 1880, “Lady Pokingham, or They All Do It”, in The Pearl, volume 12:
"It was some time ere I recovered myself, and then it was through the teasings and ticklings of my lovely tormentors. I had a pallet made on the floor of the cabin from the beds in the staterooms, and putting the lights out, we lay down. I was in the arms of Isabel and soon well repaid her for the pleasure she had given just before.
Thrice did I spend into the most secret recesses of her notch the warm and generous fluid which acts so powerfully on women, and then composed myself for sleep."
— 1880, “La Rose D'Amour”, in The Pearl, volume 16:
"These ladies from the west got game
Who got the best, VA, DC, Georgia, New York, Texas, Louisiana, or Florida
The Middwest got some super notches
You eva seen Cali's finest, man, who could top us"
— 2003, “California Girls”, in Married to the Game, performed by Too $hort:
"a better team might also have done more to expose Uruguay’s occasionally brittle defence, but England’s speed of thought and movement in their attacking positions was a good notch or two down from the Italy game."
— 2014 June 20, Daniel Taylor, “World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark”, in guardian.co.uk:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He carved a small ____ in the wood to remember the exact length.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The carpenter cut a small ____ in the wood so that the two pieces would fit together.