nix

Noun (1)

nix (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Nothing.
   • "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."1912, Edna Ferber, “Maymeys from Cuba”, in Buttered Side Down
   • "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."1920, Harold MacGrath, chapter 26, in The Drums of Jeopardy

   Synonyms:

   nada, zip

Verb

nix (third-person singular simple present nixes, present participle nixing, simple past and past participle nixed)

1. To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
   • Nix the last order – the customer walked out.
   • Sticks Nix Hick Pix [headline]1935 July 17, “Sticks Nix Hick Pix”, in Variety, volume 119, number 5, page 1

   Synonyms:

   cancel, reject

2. To destroy or eradicate.

Interjection

1. No! Not at all!
   • "Ugh! An inventor, eh?" "Nix! He's not an inventor himself, but he antes-up for 'em."1916 January, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 472, column 2
2. (obsolete) A warning cry when a policeman or schoolmaster etc. was seen approaching.

Noun (2)

nix (plural nixes)

1. A treacherous water-spirit
   • A girl from a village near Lei[zig was one time at service in the house of a Nix.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 70
   • According to some traditions, the Nix has slit ears, and is also to be known by his feet, which he does not willingly let be seen. Other traditions give the Nix a human body terminating in a fish's tail, or a complete fish's form. They are clothed like human beings, but the water-wives may be known...1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, volume I, London: Edward Lumley, page 246

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Nix

Nix

1. One of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006.)

   Synonyms:

   Pluto III, S, 2005 P 2, Pluto III Nix

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Nix

Nix

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Nix

the Nix

1. Wellington Phoenix FC (a football club based in Wellington, New Zealand competing in the Australian A-League)