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Noun: nick nik- An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
- dent, ding, gouge - (slang) a prison
"he's in the nick" - quod [Brit] - A small cut
- notch, snick - (informal) condition
"the house is in very bad nick" Verb: nick nik- Cut slightly, with a razor
"The barber's knife nicked his cheek" - snick - Cut a nick into
- chip - Divide or reset the tail muscles of
"nick horses" - Mate successfully; of livestock
- [Brit] Make off with belongings of others
- pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch [Brit], abstract, snarf [N. Amer], swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble [Brit], lift - [Brit] Take into custody
- collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop
Derived forms: nicked, nicking, nicks Type of: alter, blemish, change, clutch, copulate, couple, cut, cutting, defect, mar, mate, modify, pair, prehend [archaic], prison, prison house, seize, steal Encyclopedia: Nick Nick, Hungary Nick, Ruell, and Ned the Band |