nix

noun

1. (colloquial, uncountable)Nothing.

   “"That's a clean lift from Kipling—or is it Conan Doyle? Anyway, I've read something just like it before. Say, kid, guess what these magazine guys get for a full page ad.? Nix. That's just like a woman. Three thousand straight. Fact."”

   “"I can take you down, Miss Conover, but I cannot take Mr. Hawksley. When the boss gives me an order I obey it—if I possibly can. On the day the boss tells me you can go strolling, I'll give you the key to the city. Until then, nix! No use arguing, Mr. Hawksley."”

2. A treacherous water-spirit

   “The beautiful Nix or Nixie who allures the young fisher or hunter to seek her embraces in the wave which brings his death, the Neck who seizes upon and drowns the maidens who sport upon his banks, the river-spirit who still yearly in some parts of Germany demands tribute of human life, are all forms of the ancient Nicor[.]”

verb

1. To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.

   “Nix the last order – the customer walked out.”

   “Sticks Nix Hick Pix [headline]”

   “1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He said his roommate had reacted favorably & said he "wanted to share the bed" with him! So I figured that nixed me out of the picture at least for now.”

   “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).”

   “At work Mr. Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr. Burns has ordered thrown into the mix as a form of culinary Russian Roulette, only to learn from Smithers that the plant’s lawyers ultimately nixed the poisoned donut plan because “they consider it murder.””

2. To destroy or eradicate.

intj

1. No! Not at all!

   “"Ugh! An inventor, eh?" "Nix! He's not an inventor himself, but he antes-up for 'em."”

2. (obsolete)A warning cry when a policeman or schoolmaster etc. was seen approaching.

name

1. One of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006.)
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. Wellington Phoenix FC (a football club based in Wellington, New Zealand competing in the Australian A-League)