NIX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nix mean? 

• NIX (noun)
  The noun NIX has 1 sense:

1. a quantity of no importance

  Familiarity information: NIX used as a noun is very rare.

• NIX (verb)
  The verb NIX has 1 sense:

1. command against

  Familiarity information: NIX used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A quantity of no importance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

aught; cipher; cypher; goose egg; nada; naught; nil; nix; nothing; null; zero; zilch; zip; zippo

Context example:

I didn't hear zilch about it

Hypernyms ("nix" is a kind of...):

relative quantity (a quantity relative to some purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nix"):

nihil ((Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ))

bugger all; Fanny Adams; fuck all; sweet Fanny Adams (little or nothing at all)

• NIX (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they nix    ... he / she / it nixes   
Past simple: nixed   
Past participle: nixed   
-ing form: nixing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Command against

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

disallow; forbid; interdict; nix; prohibit; proscribe; veto

Context example:

Dad nixed our plans

Hypernyms (to "nix" is one way to...):

command; require (make someone do something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nix"):

ban (prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure)

bar; debar; exclude (prevent from entering; keep out)

enjoin (issue an injunction)

criminalise; criminalize; illegalise; illegalize; outlaw (declare illegal; outlaw)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE