notch

A V-shaped cut.

A V-shaped cut.; Such a cut, used for keeping a record.

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

An indentation.

A mountain pass; a defile.

The female primary sex organ, vulva.slang

• 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.

A woman.USslang

• 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

A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule.

A level or degree.informal

• This car is a notch better than the other.
• Can you speak a notch louder, please?

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

To cut a notch in (something).transitive

To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.transitive

• The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.

To join by means of notches.transitive

To achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes.informaltransitive

• The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.

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

• 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.

To change in small graduations.transitive

• to notch back a salary