Nix

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Mythology A water sprite of German mythology, usually in human form or half-human and half-fish.
  • n. Nothing.
  • ad. Not so; no.
  • v. To forbid, refuse, or veto: Congress nixed the tax hike.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie.
  • n. : nothing.
  • v. To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
  • v. To destroy or eradicate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Teut, myth., a water-spirit, good or bad. The Scotch water-kelpie is a wicked nix. Also written nis.
  • n. Nothing; as an answer, nothing; also, by extension, as adverb, no.
  • n. See the quotation.
  • An exelamation of alarm used by thieves, street Arabs, and others: as, nix, the bobby! (policeman).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a quantity of no importance
  • v. command against
  • Verb Form
    nixed    nixes    nixing    nixxing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fairy    goblin    zip    nada   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brix    Dicks    Dix    Hicks    Knicks    Nyx    Sticks    Styx    affix    bricks   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    imber    silva    gener    clarissimi    arx    sequester    humanorum    armiger    suadet    tussis