natch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /næt͡ʃ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ætʃ
Etymology 1
Clipping of naturally.
Adverb
natch (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Naturally; of course.
- The Queen was seen wearing a hat when she visited Ascot, natch.
- 1960, Walt Kelly, Pogo, May 16 comic strip (→ISBN, p. 146):
- [Bug:] You can parry and thrust wittily at a press conference?
[Dog:] Natch.
- [Bug:] You can parry and thrust wittily at a press conference?
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:natch.
Translations
naturally
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Etymology 2
From Old French nache, Late Latin natica, from Latin natis (“the rump, buttocks”). Compare aitchbone.
Noun
natch (plural natches)
- The rump of beef, especially the lower and back part of the rump.
Noun
natch (plural natches)
- (dialect) A notch.
Anagrams
- Chant, chant