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How to use notch in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Notch means a V-shaped cut. Example: “The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.”

Examples of notch by meaning

nounSuch a cut, used for keeping a record.

  • The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.

nounA level or degree.

  • This car is a notch better than the other.
  • Can you speak a notch louder, please?
  • 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

verbTo record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.

  • The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.

verbTo achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes.

  • The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.
  • Jenkins booted a pair of field goals, Hopkins and George Nwokoji each notched a touchdown.2010 October 21, “Panthers' football team”, in Portland Leader

verbSynonym of nock (“to fit (an arrow) to a bow”).

  • As Uncle Bunse threw his armful of stuff into the canoe, half a dozen other Indians crept forward, notching their arrows to shoot.1913, Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.), Our Paper, page 530

verbTo change in small graduations.

  • to notch back a salary

More sentences with notch

  • I notched a rod and used it to measure the length of rope to cut.From the entry rod
  • The award may be given to anybody who consistently writes top notch content.From the entry top notch
  • John has just notched up another "salesman of the month" prize.From the entry notch up
  • The hotel we stayed in this year was fabulous. It put our vacation a notch above the rest.From the entry a notch above
  • His pause bufferings were top notch during the run.From the entry pause buffering
  • Veteran hotelier Ian Schrager’s new venture in Manhattan takes luxury down a notch.2017 June 25, Eva Wiseman, “Public, New York: the five-star hotel for half the price”, in Guardian, retrieved 08 Feb 2021. From the entry take down a notch
  • The fibular condyle projects laterally and possesses a shallow notch in the midposterior part.2015 December 17, “A New Sail-Backed Styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain”, in PLOS ONE…. From the entry midposterior
  • As I took the satiny-furred cat into my arms, his purring ratcheted up a couple of notches.2012, Marion Arnott, “Another One in from the Cold”, in Marie O'Regan, editor, The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women, Constable &…. From the entry furbaby
  • There may be ulceration and notching (ptilosis) of the lid margin (Figure 1.3).2012, Kenneth C. Chern, Michael A. Saidel, Ophthalmology Review Manual, →ISBN. From the entry ptilosis
  • I didn't really get to notching up too many bedposts until starting around fifteen.2012, Storm Large, Crazy Enough, Free Press, →ISBN, page 55. From the entry slut bag
  • I placed the base under the back bumper and inserted the long notched pole into it.2012, Larry Wade Livingston, “Thank you; but!”, in Short Stories from My Heart, page 57. From the entry bumper jack
  • A notch above most of the fervored glasseries of 21st-century Manhattan.2010, Norval White, Elliot Willensky, Fran Leadon, AIA Guide to New York City. From the entry glassery
  • It's on the right side of the frame just behind the notch for the rear axle.1999, Vic Armijo, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cycling, Penguin, →ISBN, page 246. From the entry derailleur hanger
  • Support the veneer stack on a ¾-in.-thick board with a narrow V notch cut into one edge.1994 July, Rosario Capotosto, “Inlay: How to Add Understated Elegance to any Woodworking Project”, in Popular Mechanics, page 68. From the entry birdsmouth
  • From lips notched in the pinebranch bled no confession, but a clot of resin.1993, Rosanna Warren, Stained Glass, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry pinebranch
  • Slowly, finally, I make it to the top of the notch.1982 February 13, Lee Swislow, “Amazon Trekking”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 9. From the entry rest step
  • The present study then examined the total age pattern for bipartient trochlear notch.1978, Shelley Rae Saunders, Development and Distribution of Discontinuous Morphological Variation of the Human Infracranial Skeleton, page…. From the entry bipartient
  • Notches weaken the negative, and tabs sometimes come off, causing mislights.1976, SMPTE Journal: Publication of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. From the entry mislight
  • Back off second speed, overshift stop screw slightly, and determine that speed poppet is seated in notch.1971, Chilton's Auto Repair Manual, 1940-1953, page 624. From the entry overshift
  • Most of the fibulae have a triangular molding above the notch, which probably contained wound wire.1949, N. P. Toll, “Fibulae”, in Teresa G. Frisch, N. P. Toll, edited by M[ikhail] I[vanovich] Rostoftzeff, A. R. Bellinger, F. E. Brown…. From the entry fibula
  • "No, I ain't got no gaff," replied Shiner, lifting the fender another notch.1935, Henry Williamson, Salar the Salmon, Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, published 1936, page 267. From the entry midear
  • Sepals awn-pointed, as long as the notched, rose-coloured or whitish petals.1926, Henry Byron Spotton, A. Cosens, T. J. Ivey, Wild Plants of Canada: A Flora, with Descriptive Key of Families Represented, page 156. From the entry Carolina cranesbill
  • The MPS is a male orientated and misogynistic environment filled with testosterone, notches on bed posts and conquests.2023, Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock, “9.2.5”, in Baroness Casey Review Final Report: An independent review into the standards…. From the entry testosterone
  • “Anyway, I don't care how many notches Nash has on his guitar neck, belt, rifle, bedpost, or anything else notchable.”2018, Rachelle Ayala, Santa's Pet. From the entry notchable
  • Hear top notch local ensembles in the jam-packed and ultraintimate environment of one of Amsterdam's oldest jazz joints.2017, Fodor's Amsterdam: with the Best of the Netherlands. From the entry ultraintimate
  • The first line of code dedented (moved back a notch) after a block structure does not belong to the block structure.2016, Laura Tateosian, Python For ArcGIS, page 24. From the entry dedent
  • Edge damage and single clactonian notch: 6.2015 November 19, “Techno-Cultural Characterization of the MIS 5 (c. 105 – 90 Ka) Lithic Industries at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South…. From the entry clactonian
  • Even discount superstore Wal-Mart, once considered a recession-proof business, was taken down a notch after it reported lackluster earnings last month.2013 March 26, The Motley Fool, “Will Dollar General Make Investors 'Fistfuls of Dollars'?”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 08…. From the entry take down a notch
  • While some women need a makeover to add makeup, some women need a makeunder to take it down a notch.2011, Coni Masciave, Beauty Rehab: Your Guide to Feel Beautiful, Sexy, and Confident in Twenty-Eight Days, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry makeunder
  • Having lived adventurously, fate placed the pair of them in situations which would secure their unique notch in our imaginations.2004, Michael Martin, From Crockett to Custer, page 5. From the entry adventurously
  • It's time those Diegos were taken down a notch."2000, L. J. Martin, Condor Canyon, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN. From the entry diego

Meaning of notch

  1. noun A V-shaped cut.
  2. noun Such a cut, used for keeping a record.
  3. noun An indentation.

Full definition of notch

Questions about notch in a sentence

How do you use notch in a sentence?
Notch is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.”
What is a short sentence with notch?
“to notch back a salary”
What does notch mean?
Notch means a V-shaped cut.

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