Definitions for nicknɪk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
nicknɪk(n.)
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like.
a small dent or wound.
a small groove on one side of the shank of a printing type.
Category: Printing
a break in a strand of a DNA or RNA molecule.
Category: Genetics, Biochemistry
Brit. Slang. prison.
(v.t.)to cut into or through.
to hit or injure slightly.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to make a nick or nicks in (something); notch, groove, or chip.
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).
Category: Veterinary Science
to hit, guess, catch, etc., exactly.
Slang. to trick, cheat, or defraud.
Brit. Slang. to arrest (a criminal or suspect). to capture; nab. to steal.
Idioms for nick:
in the nick of time,at the right moment and no sooner; at the last possible moment.
Category: Idiom
Origin of nick:
1475–85; obscurely akin to OE gehnycned wrinkled, ON hnykla to wrinkle
Princeton's WordNet
dent, ding, gouge, nick(noun)
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
nick(noun)
(British slang) a prison
"he's in the nick"
notch, nick, snick(verb)
a small cut
nick, snick(verb)
cut slightly, with a razor
"The barber's knife nicked his cheek"
nick, chip(verb)
cut a nick into
nick(verb)
divide or reset the tail muscles of
"nick horses"
nick(verb)
mate successfully; of livestock
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
nick(noun)ˈɪk
a small dent or cut
a nick in the smooth surface of the wood
nickˈɪk
just before it is too late
He jumped out of the way just in the nick of time.
nick(verb)ˈɪk
to get a little cut
I must have nicked myself with the scissors.
nickˈɪk
steal
Someone nicked my bag!
Wiktionary
nick(Noun)
A small cut in a surface
nick(Noun)
A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
nick(Noun)
a small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch
nick(Noun)
Condition
The car I bought was cheap and in good nick.
nick(Noun)
A police station or prison
nick(Noun)
The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
nick(Verb)
To make a nick in, especially unintentionally.
I nicked myself while I was shaving.
nick(Verb)
To steal.
Someone's nicked my bike!
nick(Verb)
To arrest.
The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he'd broken into.
nick(Verb)
to hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection
nick(Verb)
To nickname; to style.
For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me. uE00082758uE001 Ford.
Nick(ProperNoun)
A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
Nick(ProperNoun)
diminutive form of Nickelodeon.
Webster Dictionary
Nick(noun)
an evil spirit of the waters
Nick(noun)
a notch cut into something
Nick(noun)
a score for keeping an account; a reckoning
Nick(noun)
a notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution
Nick(noun)
a broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china
Nick(noun)
a particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment
Nick(verb)
to make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc
Nick(verb)
to mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in
Nick(verb)
to suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with
Nick(verb)
to hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time
Nick(verb)
to make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher)
Nick(verb)
to nickname; to style
The New Hacker's Dictionary
nick
[IRC; very common] Short for nickname. On IRC, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes the same as the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful. Compare handle, screen name.
Translations for nick
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- nerf, keepAfrikaans
- ثَلْم، حَزArabic
- резкаBulgarian
- cortePortuguese (BR)
- zářezCzech
- die KerbeGerman
- hakDanish
- εγκοπήGreek
- muesca, hendeduraSpanish
- sälkEstonian
- چاکFarsi
- loviFinnish
- entailleFrench
- חֲתָך דַקHebrew
- खरोंचHindi
- urezCroatian
- karcolásHungarian
- goresan, torehanIndonesian
- skoraIcelandic
- tacca, intaccaturaItalian
- 刻み目Japanese
- 흠Korean
- įpjova, įraiža, įkarpaLithuanian
- iegriezums; ierobījums; iezīmējumsLatvian
- calarMalay
- kerfDutch
- hakk, skår(e)Norwegian
- nacięciePolish
- چوچه پشكPersian
- د پيشو بچىPashto
- cortePortuguese
- crestăturăRomanian
- зарубкаRussian
- zárezSlovak
- zarezaSlovenian
- zasekSerbian
- hack, skåraSwedish
- รอยบากThai
- çentik, kertik, hafif kesikTurkish
- 裂口, 刻痕Chinese (Trad.)
- зарубка, засічкаUkrainian
- کھانچا، نشانUrdu
- nấc; khíaVietnamese
- 裂口，刻痕Chinese (Simp.)
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