Definition of: notch

(noch) noun
1. A hollow cut or mark made in anything; a nick; indentation; especially, a mark or nick cut into the handle of a gun or other weapon to record each person killed.
2. A narrow, short defile.
3. Colloq. A degree: He is a notch above the others.
—v.t.
1. To make a notch or notches in.
2. To record by means of notches; tally. [Prob. <ME an oche a notch <OF oche, osche <oschier notch]
—notch′er noun