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Word entry · 3 letters

nix

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"Veto"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /nɪks/Part of speech verb, nounSorted inxStarts with NEnds with X1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To reject, cancel, or veto.

Word origin

From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing”). Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing”), informal for niets (“nothing”). More at naught.

Used in a sentence

  • Nix the last order – the customer walked out.
  • Sticks Nix Hick Pix [headline]
  • The move came less than six months after Jobs had nixed the spin-off of Newton Inc. as an independent company and brought it back inside Apple (see “The Fallen Apple,” page 143).

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