Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Slang Of course; naturally.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A dialcetal form of notch.
- n. The buttocks or rump.
- n. In mining, a small hitch or dislocation, as of a coal seam.
- n. The junction of two rails where the rails are out of level or out of line.
- n. Same as nautch.
Wiktionary
- adv. colloquial Naturally; of course.
- n. The rump of beef, especially the lower and back part of the rump.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The rump of beef; esp., the lower and back part of the rump.
Etymologies
- Old French nache, Late Latin natica, from Latin natis ("the rump, buttocks"). Compare aitchbone. (Wiktionary)
- Shortening and alteration of naturally. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“BDS is funded primarily from the permit revenues they bring in - natch, given the falling economy, they're not bringing near as much in right now.”
“Click for larger size so you can read all hims big talkings, which begin -- natch -- with "HELLO, I BIGFOOT.”
“My own argument in the strange fiction series, natch, is that it's more complex.”
“I wrote it in English, natch, and Professor Zurayk translated.”
“Actually, I hate using the word "natch" -- that was the first time I ever used it -- and I didn't enjoy it.”
“Hummer will build a smaller-than-H3 model for the 2010 model year, to be called natch the H4:”
“Anyway, paradigm's definition is so complicated and self-congratulatory that its usage is generally limited to the kind of people who use words like "ersatz" and "natch" - out loud anyway.”
“He's nominally Jewish and "progressive," natch '- and my reply:”
“**** Except for the wassail story and Caedmon's Hymn, which Bede quotes in English, natch.”
“I ask her, "is it special fabulous" and she says, "natch" and I say ring it up girl.”
Who will restore George Bush's tattered reputation? Barack Obama!
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘natch’.
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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October Words-11337
During the month of October, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has a...
amplification, till, osmosis, osmoregulation, pinocytosis, junction, transduction, paralysis, afflicted, isotonic, diverse, entrenched and 48 more...
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Kalli's Words
redundant, munchkin, escapade, natch, boom, fap, geek, nocturnal, pedantic, tactile, conversant, oxymoron and 188 more...
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Zamboni Palin
My imaginary lexicon for future megastar and visionary Zamboni Palin.
strewth, curple, speshly, ugly tree, whupping, nar'n, swain, sneezeweed, sciencey, snarleyyow, jackpudding, squanch and 304 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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addendumb's Words
fey, cockshut, redact, beatific, melange, arcanum, rarefied, dissemble, capitulation, detritus, ennui, anodyne and 381 more...
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vmarinelli's Words
canard, gumption, inexorable, insouciance, inviolable, mordant, euphonious, sawbuck, carpe diem, pay dirt, adipocere, profligate and 496 more...
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edes's Words
table talk, tuneful, bestrewn, determinate fashion, unpretending, personage, duly impressed, shirring, caw, hatchet job, gummy, comely and 225 more...
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misterspee's Words
prolepsis, cumin, nacreous, lucre, obstreperous, nibble, nubbin, kenosis, frangible, aposiopesis, synecdoche, persiflage and 144 more...
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words that trip off the tongue
ideology, phallocentric, parapraxis, gelid, illusion, tangible, tangibility, crux, medusa, noir, chloroform, chap and 98 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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jtc244's Words
queueing, strengths, leviathan, obsequious, milquetoast, obfuscate, corroborate, turmeric, axiomatic, homunculus, agnosia, doppelganger and 59 more...
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Asativum's Words
tatterdemalion, truthiness, eldritch, gemütlich, aa, pahoehoe, uffish, beamish, but, zymurgy, tarnation, malapropism and 59 more...
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Abominations
"Words" or expressions that should be extirpated from the language.
cremains, synergy, impactful, irregardless, utilize, truthiness, senior moment, orientate, pre-owned, ginormous, natch, copacetic and 6 more...
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Dinosaur Comics
Words I found amusing from the always amusing online comic, Dinosaur Comics! Wordy.
squeezy special, syzygy, cinnamon, punchable face, sexual predator, vestigial powerho..., 20 street credits, soda pops, manite, cryiest, sissy-panted, earhole and 10 more...
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unsorted
words that I should sort into other lists and learn.
sashay, perfunctory, insular, pelagic, alluvium, pabulum, berth, paludal, littoral, epithet, withe, squelch and 14 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for natch.
Alexis Perez Form of yes. Natch lets go. (newbury house dic.) Oct 30, 2010
eg ughhhhhhhh Dec 14, 2008
stpeter Aw, I find it quite fun, myself! And do you mean retch? :-) Dec 8, 2006