[nik] 
| 1. | a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | a small dent or wound. |
| 4. | a small groove on one side of the shank of a printing type, serving as a guide in setting or to distinguish different types. |
| 5. | Biochemistry. a break in one strand of a double-stranded DNA or RNA molecule. |
| 6. | British Slang. prison. |
| 7. | to cut into or through: I nicked my chin while shaving. |
| 8. | to hit or injure slightly. |
| 9. | to make a nick or nicks in (something); notch, groove, or chip. |
| 10. | to record by means of a notch or notches. |
| 11. | 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). |
| 12. | to hit, guess, catch, etc., exactly. |
| 13. | Slang. to trick, cheat, or defraud: How much did they nick you for that suit? |
| 14. | British Slang.
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| 15. | 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. |
| nick (nĭk) n.
[Middle English nik, possibly alteration (influenced by nokke, notch) of niche; see niche.] |
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[IRC] nickname. On IRC, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful. Compare handle.
[The Jargon File]
| NICK Nickelodeon (cable television channel) |
