(slang, narcotics) A drug of low quality and low potency passed off as a powerful, pure drug.

plural of nixer

(US politics) The economic policies of the Richard Nixon administration, 1969-1974.

plural of Nixie tube

(electronics, historical) An obsolete electronic device for displaying numerals or other information by means of glow discharge.

Hominy; maize kernels which have undergone nixtamalization, that is, hulling and soaking and cooking in an alkaline solution.

A process for the preparation of maize (corn) in which the grain is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually limewater, and hulled.

Alternative spelling of nixie (female water-elf)

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Of or relating to Richard Nixon (1913–1994), 37th president of the United States, famously associated with the Watergate scandal.