Nick

Word NICK
Character 4
Hyphenation nick
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Nick"

What do we mean by nick?

A shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface. noun

A prison or police station. noun

A groove down the side of a piece of type used to ensure that it is correctly placed. noun

To cut a nick or notch in. transitive verb

To cut into and wound slightly. transitive verb

To cut short; check. transitive verb

To cheat, especially by overcharging. transitive verb

To steal. transitive verb

To arrest. transitive verb

(in the nick of time) Just at the critical moment; just in time. idiom

A hollow cut or slight depression made in the surface of anything; a notch. noun

A score or reckoning: so called from the old practice of keeping reckonings on tallies or notched sticks. noun

A false bottom in a beer-can, by which customers were cheated, the nick below and the froth above filling up part of the measure. noun

To make a nick or notch in; notch; cut or mark with nicks or notches.

To sever with a snip or single cut, as with shears.

To cut short; abridge. See nick, n., 3.

To break or crack; smash as the nickers used to do. See nicker, 2.

In coal-mining, to cut (the coal) on the side, after kirving, holing, or undercutting.

A small cut in a surface.

Senses connoting something small.

Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.

(law enforcement) A police station or prison.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Nick

The word "nick" in example sentences

_Nick, nick, nick, nick_ -- the nearly forgotten sound that used to rise in early morning from the kitchen before a fire could be lit -- and _nick, nick, nick, nick_ again, here in the narrow opening, where the rays of sunshine shot down and made the sparks which flew from flint and steel look pale as they shot downward at every stroke the lad gave. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

_Nick, nick, nick, nick_, went the flint against the steel; and the boy watched the sparks flying till one of them seemed to settle lightly in the priest's tinder-box, and the next minute that single spark began to glow as the old man deliberately breathed upon it till the tinder grew plain before the watcher's eyes, and the shape of the old man's bald head, with its roll of fat across the back of the neck, stood out like a silhouette. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

(nick)! kick (nick)! ban (nick). msg $nick! owner! google (search for). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Twenty years on, the nick is a retirement home and the three villages are now covered by a single panda from the ‘big’ town twelve miles away. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

If you are working tonight take care and my patent rain dance for performing in the back yard of your nick is available now … .. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

I know his nick is short for “Melchior”, but I can’t help seeing the name of a certain Yankees player as “Melky Loads”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My nick comes from a man who spent YEARS in prison for excersising his free speech rights. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He fired a grenade launcher into a rock on the shore and received a nick from the flying rock. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Every single analyst at Ruralshire nick is a woman. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

I might see all the artifacts that the Church somehow managed to nick from the Temple of Solomon, which will be particularly special to me as an archaeologist. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On July 28th 2009, lari wrote: nick is really cute but he shouldnt have done that although its his life!!! dont ya think? ❋ Unknown (2008)

On March 1st 2009, lucy wrote: nick is so sexy but they do look grat togher xx ❋ Unknown (2008)

June 3rd, 2008 4: 13 pm ET apparently nick is to young to know of jimmeny crickets wonderful accomplishments. i personally was almost a hostage in iran thanks to the peanut farmer. nothing like a weak policy in the middle east to make America look bad. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Trouble and her Friends by Melissa Scott - Someone recommended this book to me because my nick is Trouble and I'm thinking she's way more Trouble than I am (I'm jealous). ❋ Unknown (2008)

UPDATE: Commenter ny nick is skeptical about these reports that credit is drying up and asks: Where's the evidence to back this up? ❋ Unknown (2008)

On August 20th 2009, Jenny wrote: watever. im not a fan of the JOBROS but nick is kinda HOT!!! ❋ Unknown (2008)

They should get out more, but leaving the nick is something they find offensive. on June 4, 2007 at 8: 02 pm | Reply pc ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

The “internal post” at our nick is shocking - “I definately sent it boss”. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

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