nick
/nɪk/noun, verb1 syllable
Nick means: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow).
Synonyms for nick6
What does nick mean?7
noun
1
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
2
a small cut
3
(British slang) a prison“he's in the nick”
verb
1
cut slightly, with a razor“The barber's knife nicked his cheek”
2
cut a nick into
3
divide or reset the tail muscles of“nick horses”
4
mate successfully; of livestock
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with nick?23
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Nick in a sentence
- We got here in the nick of time, apparently.CK
- The building's in good nick, though it's obvious no one lives there.sundown
- Nick looks down on anyone who comes from a rural area.CN
- Nick doesn't need to come to my office.Zurich899
- Nick is by no means satisfied with the reward.Dejo
- You got here just in the nick of time.CK
- I got to the airport just in the nick of time.CM
- I got there just in the nick of time.CK
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Forms of nick
as a noun
- plural
- nicks
as a verb
- past tense
- nicked
- present participle
- nicking
- third-person singular
- nicks
- past participle
- nicked