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nick
1[ nik ]
noun
- a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- a hollow place produced in an edge or surface, as of a dish, by breaking, chipping, or the like:
I didn't notice those tiny nicks in the vase when I bought it.
- a small dent or wound.
- a small groove on one side of the shank of a printing type, serving as a guide in setting or to distinguish different types.
- Biochemistry. a break in one strand of a double-stranded DNA or RNA molecule.
- British Slang. prison.
verb (used with object)
- to cut into or through:
I nicked my chin while shaving.
- to hit or injure slightly.
- to make a nick or nicks in (something); notch, groove, or chip.
- to record by means of a notch or notches.
- to incise certain tendons at the root of (a horse's tail) to give it a higher carrying position; make an incision under the tail of (a horse).
- to hit, guess, catch, etc., exactly.
- Slang. to trick, cheat, or defraud:
How much did they nick you for that suit?
- British Slang.
- to arrest (a criminal or suspect).
- to capture; nab.
- to steal:
Someone nicked her pocketbook on the bus.
nick
1/ ²Ôɪ°ì /
noun
- a small notch or indentation on an edge or surface
- a groove on the shank of a printing type, used to orientate type and often to distinguish the fount
- a slang word for prison police station
- in good nick informal.in good condition
- in the nick of timeat the last possible moment; at the critical moment
verb
- tr to chip or cut
- slang.tr
- to steal
- to take into legal custody; arrest
- informal.introften foll byoff to move or depart rapidly
- to divide and reset (certain of the tail muscles of a horse) to give the tail a high carriage
- tr to guess, catch, etc, exactly
- intr (of breeding stock) to mate satisfactorily
- nick someone for slang.to defraud someone to the extent of
nick
2/ ²Ôɪ°ì /
noun
- computing an alias adopted by a member of a chatroom or forum; nickname
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of nick1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of nick1
Origin of nick2
Idioms and Phrases
- in the nick of time, at the right or vital moment, usually at the last possible moment:
The fire engines arrived in the nick of time.
More idioms and phrases containing nick
see in the nick of time .Example Sentences
Forest nicked the points late on at the City Ground when Villa went there in December, coming from 1-0 down after 87 minutes to win it in stoppage time.
"People are blaming them for everything. Anything that gets nicked or any can thrown out of a car into the hedge rows, all of a sudden it is 'because of asylum seekers'."
The group managed to get Moose back outside, but Lowe thought the dog might have nicked an artery in his arm, which was “squirting†blood, he said.
Spaun, who has only won once on the PGA Tour, showed remarkable composure on the closing three holes and nearly nicked the glory at the end.
England were patiently absorbing it all and waiting for Wales to make a mistake before nicking the ball.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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