nix

UK: /nɪks/ US: /nɪks/ ,(niks)

Inflections of 'nix' (n): npl: nixes

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

nix¹ /nɪks/   [Slang.]
n. [uncountable]

1. nothing:
   got nix for our trouble.

adv. 

2. no:
   They said nix to our proposal.

v. [~ + object]

3. to veto:
   He nixed the plan.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

nix¹  (niks), [Slang.]
n. 

1. nothing.

adv. 

2. no.

interj. 

3. (used as an exclamation, esp. of warning):
   Nix, the cops!

v.t. 

4. to veto;
   refuse to agree to;
   prohibit:
   to nix the project.

• German: variant of nichts nothing
• 1780–90

nix²  (niks), n., pl. nix•es. 

1. (in Germanic folklore) a water spirit that draws its victims into its underwater home.

• German Nix, Old High German nihhus; cognate with Old English nicor water monster, Old Norse nykr, Norwegian nøkk, Swedish näck; compare Sanskrit nenekti (he) washes
• 1825–35

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nix / nɪks/ sentence_substitute

1. another word for no11

noun

1. a rejection or refusal
2. nothing at all

Etymology: 18th Century: from German, colloquial form of nichts nothing

nix, nixe / nɪks/ noun

1. a male water sprite, usually unfriendly to humans

Etymology: 19th Century: from German Nixe nymph or water spirit, from Old High German nihhus; related to Old English nicor sea monster