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Nick

/nɪk/

A small cut in a surface.

📖 Definitions of "Nick"

noun
  1. 1

    A small cut in a surface.

  2. 2

    Senses connoting something small.

  3. 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. 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. 1

    To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.

    "I nicked myself while I was shaving."

  2. 2

    To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.

  3. 3

    To make a cut at the side of the face.

  4. 4

    To steal.

    "Someone’s nicked my bike!"

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