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nick

   [nik]
noun
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.
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6.
British Slang. prison.
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verb (used with object)
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).
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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.
a.
to arrest (a criminal or suspect).
b.
to capture; nab.
c.
to steal: Someone nicked her pocketbook on the bus.
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Idiom
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.
Origin:
1475–85; obscurely akin to Old English gehnycned wrinkled, Old Norse hnykla to wrinkle

Related forms
un·nicked, adjective
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Nick

   [nik]
noun
1.
Old Nick.
2.
a male given name, form of Nicholas.
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Word Origin & History

nick
"notch, groove, slit," late 15c., nyke, of unknown origin, possibly influenced by M.Fr. niche "niche." The verb is first attested 1520s. Sense of "to steal" is from 1869, probably from earlier slang sense of "to catch, take unawares, arrest" (1620s). Nick of time is first attested 1640s, possibly from
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an old custom of recording time as it passed by making notches on a tally stick, though the general sense of "critical moment" is older (1570s) than the phrase.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary

nick definition


  1. tv.
    to arrest someone. (See also nicked.) : The cops nicked Paul outside his house.
  2. tv.
    to steal something. : The thugs nicked a couple of apples from the fruit stand.
  3. tv.
    to get or take something. : Tom nicked a copy of the test for Sam, who also needed one.
  4. n.
    nicotine. : I'm craving some nick.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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