notch

noun

1. A V-shaped cut.
2. A V-shaped cut.

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

3. An indentation.
4. A mountain pass; a defile.
5. (slang)The female primary sex organ, vulva.

   “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.”

   “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.”

6. (US, slang)A woman.

   “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”

7. A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule.
8. (informal)A 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.”

   “Your doctor is one of the nosiest asari I've ever met. And that's saying A LOT. She needs to take it down four or five notches, or I won't be long for this show.”

9. A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house a camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space.

verb

1. (transitive)To cut a notch in (something).
2. (transitive)To 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.”

3. (transitive)To join by means of notches.
4. (informal, transitive)To 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.”

5. (transitive)Synonym of nock (“to fit (an arrow) to a bow”).

   “Notching an arrow on the string of his tried and unerring bow, he raised his sinewy arms […]”

   “As Uncle Bunse threw his armful of stuff into the canoe, half a dozen other Indians crept forward, notching their arrows to shoot.”

6. (transitive)To change in small graduations.

   “to notch back a salary”