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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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Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Get The Recipe 18 of 30 Banana Pancakes Lightly spiced with cinnamon, these banana pancakes are guaranteed to take lazy Saturday morning breakfasts up a notch.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Nine-time All-Star center Anthony Davis also notched a double-double, with 21 points on 7-of-18 shooting from the floor and 7-of-9 shooting from the foul line, 12 rebounds, three assists and two blocks.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Notch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/notch. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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notch
1 of 2 nounnotch
2 of 2 verb
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