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Nick Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Nick? [n] a small cut [n] an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [v] mate successfully; of livestock [v] divide or reset the tail muscles, as of horses [v] cut a nick into [v] cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Nick: chip \| dent \| gouge \| notch \| snick \| snick Related Terms \| Find terms related to Nick: appropriate \| arrest \| ascender \| back \| bastard type \| beard \| beat it \| belly \| bevel \| birthmark \| black letter \| blaze \| blaze a trail \| blemish \| blotch \| body \| brand \| cabbage \| cap \| capital \| case \| cast \| caste mark \| chalk \| chalk up \| check \| check off \| checkmark \| chip \| chop \| cicatrix \| cicatrize \| cleft \| clout \| collar \| counter \| crap \| craps \| crena \| crenellate \| crenulate \| crimp \| cut \| dapple \| dash \| defect \| define \| delimit \| demarcate \| dent \| depart \| depression \| descender \| discolor \| discoloration \| dot \| earmark \| em \| en \| engrave \| engraving \| face \| fat-faced type \| feet \| flaw \| fleck \| flick \| font \| freckle \| gash \| gouge \| graving \| groove \| hack \| hatch \| hook \| impress \| imprint \| incise \| incision \| indent \| indentation \| indenture \| italic \| jag \| jog \| joggle \| jot \| kerf \| knurl \| lentigo \| letter \| ligature \| line \| logotype \| lower case \| machicolate \| macula \| majuscule \| make a mark \| make off with \| make tracks \| mark \| mark off \| mark out \| marking \| mill \| minuscule \| mole \| mottle \| nab \| nail \| natural \| nevus \| nip \| nock \| notch \| patch \| pencil \| pepper \| pi \| pica \| picot \| pinch \| pink \| point \| police station \| polka dot \| prick \| print \| punch \| punctuate \| puncture \| purloin \| riddle \| roll \| roman \| sans serif \| scallop \| scar \| scarification \| scarify \| score \| scotch \| scratch \| scratching \| script \| seal \| seam \| serrate \| shank \| shot \| shoulder \| slash \| small cap \| small capital \| speck \| speckle \| splash \| splotch \| spot \| stain \| stamp \| steal \| stem \| stigma \| stigmatize \| strawberry mark \| streak \| striate \| stripe \| take \| take in \| take off \| tattoo \| tattoo mark \| throw \| tick \| tick off \| tittle \| tooth \| trace \| type \| type body \| type class \| type lice \| typecase \| typeface \| typefounders \| typefoundry \| underline \| underscore \| upper case \| Vandyke \| watermark See Also \| alter \| blemish \| change \| copulate \| couple \| cut \| cut \| cutting \| defect \| mate \| pair Nick In Webster's Dictionary \Nick\, n. [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. ? to wash, Skr. nij. Cf. {Nix}.] (Northern Myth.) An evil spirit of the waters. {Old Nick}, the evil one; the devil. [Colloq.] \Nick\, n. [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. To nickname; to style. [Obs.] For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me. --Ford.

Nick Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nick?

[n] a small cut
[n] an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
[v] mate successfully; of livestock
[v] divide or reset the tail muscles, as of horses
[v] cut a nick into
[v] cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek"

Nick In Webster's Dictionary

\Nick\, n. [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. ? to wash, Skr. nij. Cf. {Nix}.]
(Northern Myth.)
An evil spirit of the waters.

{Old Nick}, the evil one; the devil. [Colloq.]


\Nick\, n. [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.
To nickname; to style. [Obs.]

      For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me. --Ford.

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