nix

/nɪks/

Other forms: nixed; nixes; nixing

If you nix something, you cancel or veto it. You might nix your little sister's plan to build a fire pit in the middle of the front yard.

In North America, to nix something is to forbid or put an end to it. Your aunt might nix your idea about a surprise party for your uncle, knowing he would hate it, and a babysitter might nix her charges' plan to stay up all night watching movies. Another, less formal meaning of nix is "nothing." This is also the oldest meaning of the word, from the German nichts, also "nothing," and pronounced in much the same way.

Definitions of nix

1. verb

   command against
   “Dad nixed our plans”

   synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, veto

   types:

   ban

   prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

   bar, debar, exclude

   prevent from entering; keep out

   enjoin

   issue an injunction

   criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw

   declare illegal; outlaw

   ban, censor

   forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

   type of:

   command, require

   make someone do something
2. noun

   a quantity of no importance
   synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo

   types:

   nihil

   (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ)

   type of:

   relative quantity

   a quantity relative to some purpose