notch

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Take a squint along the gun till you get the notch on the muzzle against the target; then raise your gun's breech till the notch is a little below your target.

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  1. noun A V-shaped cut.
  2. noun Such a cut used for keeping a record.
  3. noun A narrow pass between mountains.
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  • He thought about cranking up the tension a little further, but stood back first to admire his work, just in case the extra notch was the one that ended this first experiment. —  EQMM, August 2005
  • Troy turned the knob back so the notch was at the top. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 04-05 - October-November 2003
  • "I think what it means in our case is that the writing is top-notch, and like all good actors understand, you can't really be good if the writing's not good to start with." —  TVGuide.com: Breaking News
  • Acting is top-notch, and it's lovely to see the late Janet Leigh working onscreen with real-life daughter Jamie Lee Curtis (with, and Terror Train under her belt, her 80s scream queen title is justified). —  Fatally Yours
  • Tezuka's demon designs are top-notch, and regardless of the strengths and weaknesses of the rest of the narrative, awesome monster abound. —  Every Day Is Like Wednesday
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notch:   notches ·  notching ·  notched
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Probably from a notch, alteration of an otch, from French oche, from Old French, from ochier, to notch.

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  1. An assibilated form of nock.
  2. from notch, n. Cf. nock, v.
 

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