noun Download 🔗Share A small cut in a surface. Examples : "The knife made a small nick in the wooden table. " mark body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Senses connoting something small. Examples : "My little brother made a tiny nick in the wall painting. " mark amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state. Examples : "The car I bought was cheap and in good nick." condition quality Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (law enforcement) A police station or prison. Examples : "He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged." police law building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way. Examples : "I nicked myself while I was shaving." action mark Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. Examples : "The puzzle pieces all nicked together perfectly. " action word language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make a cut at the side of the face. Examples : "The angry boy nicked his brother's face with a pen. " body appearance action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To steal. Examples : "Someone’s nicked my bike!" property police action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (law enforcement) To arrest. Examples : "The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he’d broken into." police law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style. Examples : "My teacher often nicks her students with playful nicknames. " language communication style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing. Examples : "My little sister calls her teddy bear "Nick." " language word communication person human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person. Examples : "My sister's nick is "Speedy" because she's always running late. " language person character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A nix or nixie. Examples : "The old legends spoke of a mischievous nick who lived in the nearby river. " mythology supernatural person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading