nix

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n Slang.

1. nothing, none, naught, no quantity, no amount, no degree; none whatever, none whatsoever, nothing at all, nothing on earth, nothing under the sun; no such thing, nil, Sl. zip, aught; Sl. zilch, Sl. scratch, Sl. diddly, Sl. squat; Latin, nihil, Fr. hen, Sp. nada; not one, not a one, nary a one, no one, not a thing, Inf. not a blessed thing.

adv

2. no, nay, never. See no(def.2). —interj.

3. watch it, attention, on guard, heads up, hark; Sl. cheese it, Sl. cool it, Sl. keep cool.

v

4. veto, override, overrule, counterorder, countermand; prohibit, disallow, proscribe, disapprove, forbid, negative; turn down, reject, refuse, repudiate, negate; quash, nullify, void, annul, invalidate, disestablish; silence, squelch, suppress, abolish.

n

nixie, water sprite, fairy, siren, nymph, naiad, kelpie, undine, rusalka; sea maid, sea maiden, sea nymph, Oceanid, Nereid, mermaid.