nick

Meaning of nick

noun
  1. a small cut or notch.
    a small nick on his wrist
  2. prison.
    he'll end up in the nick for the rest of his life
  3. the junction between the floor and side walls in a squash court or real tennis court.
verb
  1. make a nick or nicks in.
    he had nicked himself while shaving
  2. steal.
    she nicked fivers from the till
  3. arrest (someone).
    Stuart and Dan got nicked for burglary

late Middle English: of unknown origin.

verb
  1. go quickly or surreptitiously.
    they nicked across the road

late 19th century: probably a figurative use of nick1 in the sense ‘to steal’.

Information about nick

  • The plural form of nick is: nicks.
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Hyphenation of nick

nick

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • nick is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

nick synonyms

Meaning dent:

dent, ding, gouge

Meaning notch:

notch, snick

Meaning snick:

snick

Meaning chip:

chip

Meaning a long, narrow incision in the skin made by something sharp:

cut

Meaning a mark or wound made by scratching:

scratch

Meaning the process of scraping or wearing something away:

abrasion

Meaning a mark or decoration cut into a surface:

incision

Meaning an act or sound of scraping:

scrape

Meaning a notch or line cut or scratched into a surface:

score

Meaning a long, deep cut or wound:

gash

Meaning a deep recess or notch on the edge or surface of something:

indentation

Meaning a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object:

flaw

Meaning a small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt:

mark

Meaning a small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something:

blemish

Meaning a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack:

defect

Meaning a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial:

prison

Meaning a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime:

jail

Meaning a building used to accommodate a military guard or to detain military prisoners:

guardhouse

Meaning a prison for people convicted of serious crimes:

penitentiary

Meaning a prison:

jailhouse

Meaning a barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defence against attack or as a means of confining animals:

stockade

Meaning the inner side or surface of something:

inside

Meaning a slight physical movement:

stir

Meaning a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, a beak, and typically by being able to fly:

bird

Meaning prison:

quod

Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):

pound

Meaning a railway locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable:

roundhouse

Meaning a custodial institution for young offenders:

borstal

Meaning a prison or reform school for petty offenders:

bridewell

Meaning a roadside kiosk where drivers or pedestrians must pay to use a bridge or road:

tollbooth

Meaning an institution to which young offenders are sent as an alternative to prison:

reformatory

Meaning scrape or wear away by friction or erosion:

abrade

Meaning mark or decorate (an object or surface) with a cut or cuts:

incise

Meaning take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it:

steal

Meaning steal (something):

purloin, whip

Meaning be a thief; steal something:

thieve

Meaning dispossess someone of (something); steal or illicitly remove:

take

Meaning steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot:

loot

Meaning steal (things of little value):

pilfer

Meaning take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission:

appropriate

Meaning consider something theoretically or separately from (something else):

abstract

Meaning steal goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer:

shoplift

Meaning steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works):

embezzle

Meaning dishonestly or unfairly take (something, especially money, belonging to another) for one's own use:

misappropriate

Meaning steal:

rob, swipe, snitch, heist, glom

Meaning catch (someone) doing something wrong:

nab

Meaning raise to a higher position or level:

lift

Meaning set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression:

liberate

Meaning pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way:

filch

Meaning take (something) for oneself, typically quickly or without permission:

snaffle

Meaning take as a memento:

souvenir

Meaning grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb:

pinch

Meaning seize or accost (someone):

nobble

Meaning remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking, serving, or selling:

bone

Meaning steal (fruit) from an orchard or garden:

scrump

Meaning manage to obtain (something) by using persuasion or guile:

blag

Meaning steal; grab:

snavel

Meaning steal or take without permission:

clifty

Meaning copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement:

crib

Meaning attach or fasten with a hook or hooks:

hook

Meaning embezzle or steal (money, especially public funds):

peculate

Meaning embezzle (funds with which one has been entrusted):

defalcate

Meaning move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once:

walk

Meaning seize (someone) by legal authority and take them into custody:

arrest

Meaning arrest (someone) for a crime:

apprehend

Meaning take hold of suddenly and forcibly:

seize

Meaning officially seize and hold (goods):

detain

Meaning catch or arrest (an offender):

cop

Meaning a woman's chest as measured around her breasts:

bust

Meaning detect or catch (someone, especially a suspected criminal):

nail

Meaning perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified):

do

Meaning seize or apprehend (someone):

collar

nick antonyms

Meaning allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free:

release

Words that rhyme with nick

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