NICK

notch, nick, snick

(noun) a small cut

nick

(noun) (British slang) a prison; “he’s in the nick”

dent, ding, gouge, nick

(noun) an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

nick

(verb) mate successfully; of livestock

nick

(verb) divide or reset the tail muscles of; “nick horses”

nick, chip

(verb) cut a nick into

nick, snick

(verb) cut slightly, with a razor; “The barber’s knife nicked his cheek”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

A small cut in a surface.

(now, rare) A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.

(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.

Senses connoting something small.

(cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.

(genetics) One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.

(real tennis, squash, racquetball) The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.

(Britain, slang) Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.

(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)

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

(transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.

(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).

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

(transitive) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.

(transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.

(transitive, gaming) To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.

(transitive, mining) To make a cut at the side of the face.

(transitive, Australia, Britain, slang) To steal.

(transitive, Britain, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.

Etymology 2

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

(Internet) Clipping of nickname.

Verb

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

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

Etymology 3

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

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

Anagrams

• CKIN

Proper noun

Nick

A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.

Anagrams

• CKIN

Source: Wiktionary

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Nick (, n. Etym: [AS. nicor a marine monster; akin to D. nikker a water spite, Icel. nykr, ONG. nihhus a crocodile, G. nix a water sprite; cf. Gr. nij. Cf. Nix.] (Northern Myth.)

Definition: An evil spirit of the waters. Old Nick, the evil one; the devil. [Colloq.]

Nick, n. Etym: [Akin to Nock.]

1. A notch cut into something; as: (a) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning. [Obs.] (b) (Print.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution. W. Savage. (c) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china.

2. A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. To cut it off in the very nick. Howell. This nick of time is the critical occasion for the gainger of a point. L'Estrange.

Nick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Nicking.]

1. To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.

2. To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in. And thence proceed to nicking sashes. Prior. The itch of his affection should not then Have nicked his captainship. Shak.

3. To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations. Camden.

4. To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. The just season of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved. L'Estrange.

5. To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher).

Nick, v. t.

Definition: To nickname; to style. [Obs.] For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me. Ford.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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