nix Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a quantity of no importance
    cypher; aught; zip; nil; nada; zero; cipher; zilch; goose egg; zippo; nothing; naught; null.
    • it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
    • reduced to nil all the work we had done
    • we racked up a pathetic goose egg
    • it was all for naught
    • I didn't hear zilch about it
  2. verb command against
    prohibit; forbid; proscribe; disallow; veto; interdict.
    • I forbid you to call me late at night
    • Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
    • Dad nixed our plans

WordNet

Nix noun
Etymology
G. Cf. 1st Nick.
Wordforms
feminine Nixe
Definitions
  1. (Teut. Myth.) One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.
    The treacherous nixes who entice men to a watery death. Tylor.

Webster 1913