Meanings
nitch1
nounnitch (plural nitches)
plural nitches
- alternativeAlternative form of knitch (“a small bundle”).
"Bless thy simplicity, Tess," said her companions. "He's got his market-nitch. Haw-haw!"
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 191 more example
Later in the morning, a party of villagers, led by the rector, go to Salisbury Cathedral, where four women, dressed in 19th-century costume and carrying nitches - bundles of sticks - dance on the cathedral green.
1980, AA Book of English Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 210
nitch2
nitch3
noun
- misspellingMisspelling of niche.
Origin
Sound-symbolic blend of nick + notch.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with nitch
whichswitchrichpitchsandwichstitchnicheichhitchmitchenrichglitchitchtwitchkitschsnitchlichtichtitchchichbewitcharrow switchcatchstitchflitch
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APA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nitch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitch.
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