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nix

noun
/nɪks/US

Etymology

From German Nix, from Middle High German nickes, niches, from Old High German nichus, nihhus, from Proto-Germanic *nikwus (“water-spirit; nix”), from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“a water-monster; hippopotamus”) whence English nicker.

  1. derived from *neygʷ-✻
  2. derived from *nikwus✻
  3. derived from nichus
  4. derived from nickes
  5. derived from Nix

Definitions

  1. 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."

  2. To make something become nothing

    To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.

    • Nix the last order – the customer walked out.
    • Sticks Nix Hick Pix [headline]

  3. To destroy or eradicate.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. No! Not at all!

      • "Ugh! An inventor, eh?" "Nix! He's not an inventor himself, but he antes-up for 'em."

    2. A warning cry when a policeman or schoolmaster etc. was seen approaching.

    3. A treacherous water-spirit

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

    5. A surname originating as a patronymic.

    6. Wellington Phoenix FC (a football club based in Wellington, New Zealand competing in the…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nix. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA