Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A water sprite of German mythology, usually in human form or half-human and half-fish.
- noun Nothing.
- adverb Not so; no.
- transitive verb To forbid, refuse, or veto.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Teut, myth., a water-spirit, good or bad. The Scotch water-kelpie is a wicked nix. Also written
nis . - noun Nothing; as an answer, nothing; also, by extension, as adverb, no.
- noun See the quotation.
- An exelamation of alarm used by thieves, street Arabs, and others: as, nix, the bobby! (policeman).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Teut. Myth.) One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun colloquial :
nothing . - verb To make something become nothing; to
reject orcancel . - verb To
destroy oreradicate . - noun A treacherous water-spirit; a
nixie .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a quantity of no importance
- verb command against
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_Course_, it's nix on Junior, an 'it's _nix_ on Peter if you say so.
Michael O'Halloran Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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The male is called nix, the female nixie, the generic term for both being nicker, from a root which perhaps means to wash.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914
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She alsovoted against the torture bill, co-signed the Restore the Constitution Act which would restore habeas corpus and "nix" the immunity for war crime status granted the PResident in the torture bill, etc ....
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She alsovoted against the torture bill, co-signed the Restore the Constitution Act which would restore habeas corpus and "nix" the immunity for war crime status granted the PResident in the torture bill, etc ....
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Education (tho my kids will not be going to public school like I did, so you can kind of nix that one) 4.
tell me why-yi-yi-yi 2004
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a little Phœnix, which is destined to live as many years.
The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847
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You're right, the "ex" seems to kind of nix it all.
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I have bought the copyright to "nix" .... you're all screwed.
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009
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Oh wait, the guy who sold it to me will say he only sold me the rights to use the three letters "nix" and not the copyright itself and it will cost millions to settle it, one way or the other, but once it is settled ..... you're all screwed.
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009
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Oh wait, the guy who sold it to me will say he only sold me the rights to use the three letters "nix" and not the copyright itself and it will cost millions to settle it, one way or the other, but once it is settled ..... you're all screwed.
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009
asativum commented on the word nix
Nothing. Or as a verb, to eighty-six something.
January 18, 2008
uselessness commented on the word nix
I think I've heard ixnay more often in conversation than this word.
January 18, 2008
duane9 commented on the word nix
Strip club seeks to nix dancer's suit
--Montgomery Advertiser
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080625/NEWS02/806250343/1009
TCC to buy RadioShack campus, nix bridge
--Fort Worth Star Telegram
http://www.star-telegram.com/229/story/722076.html
June 26, 2008
bilby commented on the word nix
I don't like this much as a verb.
June 26, 2008