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nick

/ˈnɪk/

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noun

plural nicks

[count] a small broken area that appears on something after something else hits or cuts it

There is a nick [=chip] in the cup.

There are a couple of nicks on the painting.

a small cut on your skin

His face was covered with nicks and cuts after shaving.

the nick Brit slang :a prison or police station

She spent a night in the nick.

[noncount] Brit informal :the condition that someone or something is in

I watched the team practice, and all the players looked in good nick. [=in good shape]

an economy in bad nick

in the nick of time

informal :just before the last moment when something can be changed or something bad will happen

He decided to go just in the nick of time.

The ambulance arrived in the nick of time.

verb

nicks; nicked; nicking

[+ obj] to cut or damage a small part of the surface of (something) :to put a nick in (something)

Something nicked [=chipped] the painting.

to make a small cut on (someone)

He nicked himself shaving.

He was nicked on the shoulder by a bullet.

Brit slang

to catch and arrest (someone)

She was nicked for the theft.

to steal (something)

I nicked a couple of cars when I was younger.

* Các từ tương tự:
nickel, nickel-and-dime, nickname