ALL meanings of nick
nick
N n - noun Technical meaning of nick [IRC] nickname. On IRC, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful. Compare handle. 1
- noun nick A small cut or notch. 1
- transitive verb nick shaving 1
- transitive verb nick object 1
- noun nick cut: body 1
- noun nick small cut: object 1
- abbreviation NICK nickname 1
- noun nick prison 1
- transitive verb nick body 1
- transitive verb nick hit 1
- transitive verb nick steal sthg 1
- transitive verb nick nab, arrest 1
- transitive verb nick a horse 1
- 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
- verb with object nick to incise certain tendons at the root of (a horse's tail) to give it a higher carrying position; make an incision under the tail of (a horse). 1
- verb with object nick to hit, guess, catch, etc., exactly. 1
- verb with object nick Slang. to trick, cheat, or defraud: How much did they nick you for that suit? 1
- verb with object nick British Slang. to arrest (a criminal or suspect). to capture; nab. to steal: Someone nicked her pocketbook on the bus. 1
- idioms nick in the nick of time, at the right or vital moment, usually at the last possible moment: The fire engines arrived in the nick of time. 1
- verb nick If someone nicks something, they steal it. 0
- verb nick If the police nick someone, they arrest them. 0
- countable noun nick The nick is a prison, or a police station. 0
- verb nick If you nick something or nick yourself, you accidentally make a small cut in the surface of the object or your skin. 0
- countable noun nick A nick is a small cut made in the surface of something, usually in someone's skin. 0
- verb nick If you are nicked by someone, they cheat you, for example by charging you too much money. 0
- noun nick a small notch or indentation on an edge or surface 0
- noun nick a groove on the shank of a printing type, used to orientate type and often to distinguish the fount 0
- verb nick to chip or cut 0
- verb nick to steal 0
- verb nick to take into legal custody; arrest 0
- verb nick to move or depart rapidly 0
- verb nick to divide and reset (certain of the tail muscles of a horse) to give the tail a high carriage 0
- verb nick to guess, catch, etc, exactly 0
- verb nick (of breeding stock) to mate satisfactorily 0
- noun nick an alias adopted by a member of a chatroom or forum; nickname 0
- noun nick a masculine name 0
- noun nick a small notch or slit; esp., a small cut, indentation or chip made on the edge or surface of wood, metal, china, etc. 0
- noun nick a notch in the lower side of the shank of a printing type, for identification 0
- noun nick prison; jail 0
- noun nick condition; state 0
- verb transitive nick to make a nick or nicks in 0
- verb transitive nick to score or tally by means of notches 0
- verb transitive nick to wound superficially 0
- verb transitive nick to strike lightly and glancingly 0
- verb transitive nick to strike or catch at the exact or proper time; hit, guess, grasp, etc. exactly 0