notch
/nɑtʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An indentation.
noun
A mountain pass; a defile.
noun
A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule.
Example Sentences
- "The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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"
- "This car is a notch better than the other."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /nɑtʃ/
- British English: /nɒtʃ/
Usage
- Slang
- American usage
- Informal
- Transitive verb