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Nick

Noun

Definiciones

1.NounA small cut in a surface. A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
"in the nick of time"
2.NounA particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
"in the nick of time"
3.NounA notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
4.NounSenses connoting something small. A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch. One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation. The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
5.NounA small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
6.NounOne of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
7.NounThe point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
8.NounOften in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
"The car I bought was cheap and in good nick."
9.NounA police station or prison.
"He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged.; He’s just been released from Shadwell nick [prison] after doing ten years for attempted murder."
10.VerbTo make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
"I nicked myself while I was shaving."
11.VerbTo make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
12.VerbTo make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).
13.VerbTo fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection. To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.
14.VerbTo hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
15.VerbTo hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.
16.VerbTo throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.
17.VerbTo make a cut at the side of the face.
18.VerbTo steal.
"Someone’s nicked my bike!"
19.VerbTo arrest.
"The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he’d broken into."
20.NounClipping of nickname.
"a user’s reserved nick on an IRC network"
21.VerbTo give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.
22.NounA nix or nixie (“water spirit”).
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