nick

1 an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: dent, gouge]

2 a small cut [syn: notch, snick]

1 cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek" [syn: snick]

2 cut a nick into [syn: chip]

3 divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses"

4 mate successfully; of livestock

see Nick

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

1. A small cut in a surface
2. A police station or prison

   He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick to be charged. (police station)

   He's just been released from Shadwell nick after doing ten years for attempted murder. (prison)

3. a small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch
4. a shortened form of "nickname"

Translations

Verb

1. To make a nick in, especially unintentionally.

   I nicked myself while I was shaving.

2. transitive slang To steal.

   Someone's nicked my bike!

3. To arrest.

   The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he'd broken into.

4. transitive cricket to hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection

Translations

Derived terms

• in the nick of time

Kashubian

Pronoun

1. nothing

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

1. header (in football)
2. nod (movement of the head to indicate agreement)

Synonyms

• (header): nickning c
• (nod): nickning c

Derived terms

• nickedocka
• nicka
• nicka till

Etymology 2

From the English nickname

Noun

1. nick, nickname

Nick may refer to one of the following:

• A short form for Nicholas or Nikhil.
• A short form of nickname used as a pseudonym on computer networks.
• The Nick, English slang for police or a police station
• Nick (DNA), an element of DNA structure.
• Nickelodeon, a children's television network
• Nickname, a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or thing's real name
• The Japanese WWII fighter Kawasaki Ki-45, Allied codename Nick
• The following characters and people are known by the name Nick:
  • Dr. Nick Riviera, a character
  • Nearly Headless Nick
  • Nick, the cartoonist
  • "Old Nick"", a nickname for The Devil
  • Saint Nicholas (often referred to as "St. Nick"), the common name for Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra
  • St. Nick, a nickname for Santa Claus
  • Nick Andopolis, a character on the television series Freaks and Geeks, played by Jason Segel

See also

• Nick of Time, disambiguation
• NIC, disambiguation
• Nix (disambiguation)
• Old Nick, disambiguation

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