nicked
Meaning of nicked
verb, past tense
- make a nick or nicks in.
he had nicked himself while shaving
- steal.
she nicked fivers from the till
- arrest (someone).
Stuart and Dan got nicked for burglary
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
verb, past tense- 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 nicked
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of nicked
nicked
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- nicked is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
nicked synonyms
Meaning make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object:
Meaning score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object:
Meaning scrape or wear away by friction or erosion:
Meaning mark or decorate (an object or surface) with a cut or cuts:
Meaning cut a small notch or incision in (something):
Meaning drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across (a surface or object) so as to remove dirt or other matter:
Meaning make notches in:
Meaning cut or break (a small piece) from a hard material:
Meaning make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade:
Meaning make a long, deep cut in:
Meaning cut or scratch a notch or line on (a surface):
Meaning take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it:
Meaning steal (something):
Meaning be a thief; steal something:
Meaning dispossess someone of (something); steal or illicitly remove:
Meaning steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot:
Meaning steal (things of little value):
Meaning take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission:
Meaning consider something theoretically or separately from (something else):
Meaning steal goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer:
Meaning steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works):
Meaning dishonestly or unfairly take (something, especially money, belonging to another) for one's own use:
Meaning steal:
rob, swipe, snitch, heist, glom
Meaning catch (someone) doing something wrong:
Meaning raise to a higher position or level:
Meaning set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression:
Meaning pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way:
Meaning take (something) for oneself, typically quickly or without permission:
Meaning take as a memento:
Meaning grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb:
Meaning seize or accost (someone):
Meaning remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking, serving, or selling:
Meaning steal (fruit) from an orchard or garden:
Meaning manage to obtain (something) by using persuasion or guile:
Meaning steal; grab:
Meaning steal or take without permission:
Meaning copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement:
Meaning attach or fasten with a hook or hooks:
Meaning embezzle or steal (money, especially public funds):
Meaning embezzle (funds with which one has been entrusted):
Meaning move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once:
Meaning seize (someone) by legal authority and take them into custody:
Meaning arrest (someone) for a crime:
Meaning take hold of suddenly and forcibly:
Meaning officially seize and hold (goods):
Meaning catch or arrest (an offender):
Meaning a woman's chest as measured around her breasts:
Meaning detect or catch (someone, especially a suspected criminal):
Meaning perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified):
Meaning seize or apprehend (someone):
nicked antonyms
Meaning allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free:
Words that rhyme with nicked
attacked, backed, backpacked, backtracked, barebacked, barracked, bethwacked, bivouacked, blacked, blackjacked, bracked, bullwhacked, bunchbacked, bushwhacked, cacked, calpacked, carjacked, chacked, chiacked, chyacked, clacked, counterattacked, cracked, crookbacked, crookedbacked, diamondbacked, facked, finchbacked, flacked, flashbacked, foreslacked, forslacked, gobsmacked, hacked, hardbacked, highjacked, hijacked, hucklebacked, humpbacked, hunchbacked, hydrocracked, jacked, jampacked, knacked, knapsacked, knickknacked, lacked, lampblacked, laybacked, medevacked
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