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English Dictionary: nix |
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2 results for nix |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nix
- n
- a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had
ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
Synonym(s): nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
- v
- command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night";
"Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
Synonym(s): forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix Antonym(s): allow, countenance, let, permit
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Nix \Nix\, n.; fem. {Nixe}. [G. Cf. 1st {Nick}.] (Teut. Myth.)
One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a
mischievous disposition.
The treacherous nixes who entice men to a watery death.
--Tylor.
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