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Definition nick

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Late Middle English nik (“notch, tally; nock of an arrow”). Its further etymology is unknown; a connection with nock (“notch in a bow to hold the bowstring; notch at the rear of an arrow that fits the bowstring; cleft in the buttocks”) has not been clearly established.

The verb appears to be derived from the noun, though the available evidence shows that some of the verb senses predate the noun senses. No connection with words in Germanic languages such as Danish nikke (“to nod”), Middle Dutch nicken (“to bend; to bow”) (modern Dutch nikken (“to nod”)), Middle Low German nicken (“to bend over; to sink”), Middle High German nicken (“to bend; to depress”) (modern German nicken (“to nod”)), Middle Low German knicken (“to bend; to snap”) (modern German knicken (“to bend; to break”), Old Frisian hnekka (“to nod”), and Swedish nicka (“to nod”), has been clearly established.

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

  1. A small cut in a surface.
    1. (now rare) A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
    2. (printing, dated) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
  2. Senses connoting something small.
    1. (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
    2. (genetics) One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
    3. (real tennis) The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
  3. (Britain, slang) In the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
  4. (Britain, law enforcement, slang) A police station or prison.
Verb

nick (third-person singular simple present nicks, present participle nicking, simple past and past participle nicked)

  1. (transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
    1. (transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
    2. (transitive, rare) To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
    1. (transitive) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
    2. (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.
    3. (transitive, gaming) To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.
  3. (transitive, mining) To make a cut at the side of the face.
  4. (transitive, Australia, Britain, slang) To steal.
  5. (transitive, Britain, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.

Etymology 2

From nick(name).

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

  1. (Internet) Clipping of nickname.
Verb

nick (third-person singular simple present nicks, present participle nicking, simple past and past participle nicked)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

Etymology 3

A variant of nix or nixie.

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

  1. (archaic) A nix or nixie (“water spirit”).

Results 313 Words with the letters NICK

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ANTICK 14
CAKING 16
CALKIN 15
CATKIN 14
CLINKS 15
COKING 16
NICKED 15
NICKEL 15
NICKER 14
NICKLE 15
PYKNIC 19
SICKEN 14
SNICKS 14
UNPICK 18
ZINCKY 25
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CLINK 14
NICKS 13
SNICK 13
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NICK 12
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ICK 10
INK 8
KIN 8
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IN 3
KI 6

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