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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nix has 1 sense
- nix(n = noun.quantity) aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo - a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" is a kind of relative quantity
has particulars: nihil, bugger all, fanny adams, fuck all, sweet fanny adams
Verb nix has 1 sense
- nix(v = verb.communication) disallow, forbid, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, veto - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" is one way to command, require
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
CIDE DICTIONARY
nix, n. [G. Cf. 1st Nick.].
One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition. [1913 Webster]
"The treacherous nixes who entice men to a watery death."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nix, n. & v. sl.
--n.
1 nothing.
2 a denial or refusal.
--v.tr.
1 cancel.
2 reject.
--n.
1 nothing.
2 a denial or refusal.
--v.tr.
1 cancel.
2 reject.
nix, n. (fem. nixie) a water-elf.
nix, int. Brit. sl. giving warning to confederates etc. that a person in authority is approaching.
Etymology
19th c.: perh. = NIX(1)
THESAURUS
nix
Davy, Davy Jones, Neptune, Nereid, Oceanid, Oceanus, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, abnegation, aught, cipher, contradiction, declension, declination, declinature, declining, denial, deprivation, disagreement, disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, disobedience, dissent, fat chance, forget it, fresh-water nymph, goose egg, holding back, kelpie, kill, limniad, man fish, mermaid, merman, nada, naiad, naught, nay, naysaying, negation, negative, negative answer, negative attitude, negativeness, negativism, negativity, nichts, nihil, nil, nit, nixie, no, no sirree, no such thing, no way, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, nonobservance, nope, not a chance, not much, nothing, nothing at all, nothing doing, nothing on earth, nothing whatever, ocean nymph, recantation, refusal, rejection, repudiation, retention, sea nymph, sea-maid, sea-maiden, siren, thing of naught, thumbs-down, turndown, under no circumstances, undine, unwillingness, water god, water spirit, water sprite, wind, withholding, zero, zilchROGET THESAURUS
nix
Zero
N zero, nothing, null, nul, naught, nought, void, cipher, goose egg, none, nobody, no one, nichts, nixie, nix, zilch, zip, zippo, not a soul, ame qui vive, absence, unsubstantiality, not one, not a one, not any, nary a one, not a, never a, not a whit of, not an iota of, not a drop of, not a speck of, not a jot, not a trace of, not a hint of, not a smidgen of, not a suspicion of, not a shadow of, neither hide nor hair of.Demon
N demon, daemon, demonry, demonology, evil genius, fiend, familiar, daeva, devil, bad spirit, unclean spirit, cacodemon, incubus, Eblis, shaitan, succubus, succuba, Frankenstein's monster, Titan, Shedim, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus, Moloch, Belial, Ahriman, fury, harpy, Friar Rush, vampire, ghoul, afreet, barghest, Loki, ogre, ogress, gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev, lamia, bogie, bogeyman, bogle, nis, kobold, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin, Puck, Robin Goodfellow, leprechaun, Cluricaune, troll, dwerger, sprite, ouphe, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon, will-o'-the wisp, ghost, revenant, specter, apparition, spirit, shade, shadow, vision, hobglobin, goblin, orc, wraith, spook, boggart, banshee, loup-garou, lemures, evil eye, merman, mermaid, merfolk, siren, satyr, faun, manito, manitou, manitu, possession, demonic possession, diabolic possession, insanity, Maxwell's demon, demoniac, demonic, demonical, impish, demoniacal, fiendish, fiend-like, supernatural, weird, uncanny, unearthly, spectral, ghostly, ghost-like, elfin, elvin, elfish, elflike, haunted, pokerish, possessed, possessed by a devil, possessed by a demon, demonically.
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