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nix

1

[ niks ]

noun



verb (used with object)

  1. to veto; refuse to agree to; prohibit:

    The VP of Publishing nixed the project.

interjection

  1. Archaic. (used as an exclamation, especially of warning):

    Nix, the cops!

nix

2

[ niks ]

noun

, plural nix·es.
  1. (in Germanic folklore) a water spirit that draws its victims into its underwater home.

nix

1

/ nɪks /

noun

  1. German myth a male water sprite, usually unfriendly to humans
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nix

2

/ nɪks /

sentence substitute

  1. another word for no 1
  2. be careful! watch out!
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a rejection or refusal
  2. nothing at all
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to veto, deny, reject, or forbid (plans, suggestions, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nix1

First recorded in 1780–90; from German, variant of nichts “nothing”

Origin of nix2

1825–35; < German Nix, Old High German nihhus; cognate with Old English nicor water monster, Old Norse nykr, Norwegian nøkk, Swedish näck; compare Sanskrit nenekti (he) washes
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nix1

C19: from German Nixe nymph or water spirit, from Old High German nihhus; related to Old English nicor sea monster

Origin of nix2

C18: from German, colloquial form of nichts nothing
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Example Sentences

Nix a couple of soybean subsidies and we could have avoided war and just bought the damn country.

The Pollock-Krasner Authentication Board continued to nix Red, Black and Silver, until they disbanded in 1996.

But he did nix weekend hours, which still has some folks concerned.

After nearly three hours of abuse, Ogborn was forced by the man on the phone to perform oral sex on Nix.

After that, Nix was permitted by the cop to leave and find someone to replace him.

I wanted the old gent to start me up in it, but he said, 'Nix come arouse.'

It is related that a man, who once saw a nix on the shore of the March busy at his work, threw a rosary upon it.

"Nix for the bungalow," he replied, using a slang word that had become immensely popular.

If this is not so, why then, 'nix cum arous; but if it is so, then could you not make a mark with him for me for U. S. Senator?

"Nix on sitting up to hear the chimes," he confided to the family at breakfast the morning after the Spelling Match.

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