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