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Occasionally, you might hear a child ask for a "napple," as in "I would like a napple," mistaking the phrase "an apple" for "a napple." A similar error is believed to be behind notch, which may have resulted from a misdivision of "an otch." (Otch is a noun that is assumed to have existed in earlier English as a borrowing of Middle French oche, meaning "an incision made to keep a record.") Notch would not be alone in developing from such a mistake. The words newt and nickname were formed, respectively, from misdivisions of "an ewte" and "an ekename." Going in the other direction, umpire first appears in Middle English as oumpere, a mistaken rendering of "a noumpere."
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
Catenary's Bloom scratchers, though, take it up a notch, using pet-safe dyes to create a beautiful, natural design mimicking flora and fauna.
—Medea Giordano, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
Now, just a few weeks later, Lewis is down to fourth in the rankings after three Belgians notched 110 laps to win the Backyard Ultra World Team Championships, which featured teams from 61 countries.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Notch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/notch. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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notch
1 of 2 nounnotch
2 of 2 verb
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