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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nix1 /nɪks/USA pronunciation [Slang.]n. [uncountable] - nothing:got nix for our trouble.
adv. - no:They said nix to our proposal.
v. [~ + object] - to veto:He nixed the plan.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nix1 (niks),USA pronunciation [Slang.]n. - nothing.
adv. - no.
interj. - (used as an exclamation, esp. of warning):Nix, the cops!
v.t. - to veto;
refuse to agree to;
prohibit:to nix the project.
- German: variant of nichts nothing
- 1780–90
- (in Germanic folklore) a water spirit that draws its victims into its underwater home.
- 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
- 1825–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nix /nɪks/ US Canadian informal sentence substitute - another word for no1
n - a rejection or refusal
- nothing at all
Etymology: 18th Century: from German, colloquial form of nichts nothing nix /nɪks/ n - a male water sprite, usually unfriendly to humans
Etymology: 19th Century: from German Nixe nymph or water spirit, from Old High German nihhus; related to Old English nicor sea monster |