nix
/nɪks/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
No! Not at all!
noun
A treacherous water-spirit
name
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Example Sentences
- ""That's a clean lift from Kipling—or is it Conan Doyle? Anyway, I've read something just like it before. Say, kid, guess what these magazine guys get for a full page ad.? Nix. That's just like a woman. Three thousand straight. Fact.""
- ""I can take you down, Miss Conover, but I cannot take Mr. Hawksley. When the boss gives me an order I obey it—if I possibly can. On the day the boss tells me you can go strolling, I'll give you the key to the city. Until then, nix! No use arguing, Mr. Hawksley.""
- "Nix the last order – the customer walked out."
- "Sticks Nix Hick Pix [headline]"
- "1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He said his roommate had reacted favorably & said he "wanted to share the bed" with him! So I figured that nixed me out of the picture at least for now."
- "The move came less than six months after Jobs had nixed the spin-off of Newton Inc. as an independent company and brought it back inside Apple (see “The Fallen Apple,” page 143)."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: nix, nickes, nichus, *nikwus, *neygʷ-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /nɪks/
- British English: /nɪks/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
nixer
Nictian