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nick

nick
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [nik]
    • /nɪk/
    • /nɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nik]
    • /nɪk/

Definitions of nick word

  • noun nick Old Nick. 1
  • noun nick a male given name, form of Nicholas. 1
  • verb with object nick to cut into or through: I nicked my chin while shaving. 1
  • verb with object nick to hit or injure slightly. 1
  • verb with object nick to make a nick or nicks in (something); notch, groove, or chip. 1
  • verb with object nick to record by means of a notch or notches. 1

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Origin of nick

First appearance:

before 1475
One of the 25% oldest English words
1475-85; obscurely akin to Old English gehnycned wrinkled, Old Norse hnykla to wrinkle

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Nick

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

nick popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

nick usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for nick

verb nick

  • purloin — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
  • misappropriate — to put to a wrong use.
  • steal — to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
  • walk off with — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
  • make away with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.

noun nick

  • incision — a cut, gash, or notch.
  • groove — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
  • chip — Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal.
  • damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
  • dint — force; power: By dint of hard work she became head of the company.

Antonyms for nick

noun nick

  • compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
  • praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.

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