nick
/nɪk/
noun
- 1
A small cut in a surface.
- 2
Senses connoting something small.
- 3
Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
“The car I bought was cheap and in good nick.”
- 4
(law enforcement) A police station or prison.
“He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged.”
verb
- 1
To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
“I nicked myself while I was shaving.”
- 2
To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
- 3
To make a cut at the side of the face.
- 4
To steal.
“Someone’s nicked my bike!”
- 5
(law enforcement) To arrest.
“The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he’d broken into.”
verb
- 1
To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.
noun
- 1
A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
- 2
A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.
noun
- 1
A nix or nixie.
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