Definition of "notch" []

• A V-shaped cut. (noun)
• Such a cut used for keeping a record. (noun)
• A narrow pass between mountains. (noun)
• Informal A level or degree: a notch or two higher in quality. (noun)
• To cut a notch in. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Anything to take down the ELPD a notch is great in my book."
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• "Shakira has always been crazysexycool, but this time she brings it down a notch from the oversexed electro-pop of "She Wolf.""