: to refuse to accept or allow (something) : veto, reject
The court nixed the merger.
Many of Paris's newest hangouts are nixing gilded French style in favor of white walls, psychedelia and menus of tuna carpaccio and Parmesan-arugula salad. Jane Sigal
Prince has cited artistic factors for nixing the reunion. Chris Willman
Verb our supervisor nixed my request to work from home, if only on a trial basis movie audiences have effectively nixed the idea of the reviving the old-fashioned western by emphatically ignoring this latest effort
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1), Verb, and Adverb
German nichts nothing
Noun (2)
German, from Old High German nihhus; akin to Old English nicor water monster and perhaps to Greek nizein to wash