Noun : This camera is a notch better than the other. ,iron notch; cinder notch.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : He notched each kill on the stick. ,He notched another win.    From Dictionary.com. 

Gosselin notched an unassisted shorthanded goal with 3: 26 remaining in the second.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Hockey League - Providence vs. Milwaukee] Reference

Wallin notched the overtime winner in Game Four of the conference semifinals at Montreal.    From Wordnik.com.  [NHL - National Hockey League - Toronto vs. Carolina] Reference

Czerkawski scored a power-play goal at 5: 07 and Yashin notched his second goal of the series at 13: 26.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Determined Isles send series back to Toronto] Reference

Dan Tudin notched a pair of goals for Columbus, which has dropped five straight games and eight of its last nine.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Pieces of charred wood were discovered in notched masonry pockets where the redwood beams connected to the stone walls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wolf House Burning: Page IV] Reference

Jason McBain notched a pair of assists for Las Vegas before netting the tying goal at 4-4 with nine seconds remaining in regulation.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

That includes a 3-2 victory at Los Angeles on Thursday in which Aucoin notched his sixth shootout-winning tally.    From Wordnik.com.  [CBS 47: Local News] Reference

She "notched" furniture as she climbed, and she chewed possessions to destruction.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

     He'd notched 19 strikeouts one time in a CYO game.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old Sweet Song] Reference

The center, 34, scored 14 goals and notched 18 assists last season.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rangers' Drury Out 4 Weeks With Broken Finger] Reference

On each side of the fire a notched stick was driven into the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference

It was the rusty and notched sabre in the corner of the cottage chimney.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

The whole of the pegs are notched, for the convenience of attaching a line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference

Girls 'achievement test scores for reading and math notched upward by a point.    From Wordnik.com.  [U-Md. researcher links kids' computer use with test scores, behavior] Reference

Walls that seem to stick out are in fact notched into indentations between points.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Matter Of Perspective] Reference

But the government team, led by Boies, has notched far more gotchas than Microsoft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Microsoft's Tormentor] Reference

And the chain has notched same-store-sales growth in each of 2009's first seven months.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Won the Recession?] Reference

Hovnanian's preliminary results show that it notched sales of 2,130 units over the weekend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fire-Sale Nation] Reference

The consumer-foods segment notched its first decline in operating profit in seven quarters.    From Wordnik.com.  [ConAgra Profit Falls 12% Amid Discounting, Rising Costs] Reference

American airmen notched up the highest marks, being credited with most of the "cleanest" hits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nothing Left To Lose] Reference

Learning Tree's net income dipped slightly in the latest quarter, even as revenue notched higher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local Digest] Reference

He said that the STV News iPhone App, which was launched in May, had notched up 55,000 downloads to date.    From Wordnik.com.  [STV spends £1m in ITV legal battles] Reference

U.S. stocks notched a second consecutive day of gains as retailers 'strength offset sagging energy stocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dow, Up 0.1%, Clings to Retailer-Driven Rally] Reference

Stocks notched a second consecutive day of gains as a strong showing by retailers offset sagging energy stocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's News: Business] Reference

"We have played many times," said Mr. Djokovic, who notched his own 7-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Gael Monfils Wednesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scene in Flushing] Reference

Between 1968 and '71, Creedence notched five top-10 albums and 10 top-40 songs, outselling even The Beatles in 1970.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Fogerty Travels 'The Long Road Home'] Reference

At the last minute -- after a draft had been distributed -- he notched the title down to "" A New Era of Cooperation. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prepare To Ram] Reference

He notched two assists in his lone game for Hershey, where he is expected to fight for significant playing time this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caps' draft picks eager to prove themselves at rookie camp] Reference

Though STOPP has notched more successes in Texas than elsewhere, the movement isn't limited to George W. Bush's home state.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abortion Wars] Reference

In 2009 the banking system notched the largest decline in loans in the history of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Credit is Dead. Long Live Cash!] Reference

Meanwhile, the fiber-optics-focused telecommunications segment notched a 0.9% sales increase as divestitures weighed on results.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corning Earnings Climb 49%] Reference

His absence contributed to the massive overlap from which Ojo notched the Exiles 'bonus? point try in the last play of the game.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brendan Venter says yellow card cost Saracens against London Irish] Reference

Mr. Bennet, who was appointed to the seat 19 months ago, notched a solid victory over former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colorado Democrats Choose Incumbent Senator Bennet] Reference

Cost savings of more than £200m have already been notched up, says the agency, and the aim is to save in excess of £1bn by 2016.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is procurement outsourcing the answer to reducing public sector purchasing costs?] Reference

According to Standard & Poor's, in fiscal 2006, the typical member of the S&P 500 notched 44.2 percent of sales outside the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Good News About the Recession] Reference