English to English
nick
(n/I/k
)
noun (n)
- (British slang) a prison(noun.artifact)Example:
He's in the nick.
source: wordnet30 - An evil spirit of the waters.(noun)source: webster1913
- A notch cut into something(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- cut slightly, with a razor(verb.contact)Example:
The barber's knife nicked his cheek.
source: wordnet30 - divide or reset the tail muscles of(verb.change)Example:
Nick horses.
source: wordnet30 - mate successfully; of livestock(verb.body)source: wordnet30
- To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.(verb)source: webster1913
- To nickname; to style.(verb)source: webster1913