Nick word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "nick" word
[noun] an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
[verb] mate successfully; of livestock
[verb] divide or reset the tail muscles, as of horses
[verb] cut a nick into
[verb] cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek"
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\Nick\, n. [Akin to {Nock}.] 1. A notch cut into something; as:
(a) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning. [Obs.]
(b) (Print.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution. --W. Savage.
(c) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china. 2. A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. To cut it off in the very nick. --Howell. This nick of time is the critical occasion for the gainger of a point. --L'Estrange.
\Nick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nicked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nicking}.] 1. To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc. 2. To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in. And thence proceed to nicking sashes. --Prior. The itch of his affection should not then Have nicked his captainship. --Shak. 3. To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations. --Camden. 4. To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. The just season of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved. --L'Estrange. 5. To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher).
\Nick\, v. t. To nickname; to style. [Obs.] For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me. --Ford.
Synonyms for nick
chip, dent, gouge, notch, snick, snick
See also: alter | blemish | change | copulate | couple | cut | cut | cutting | defect | mate | pair |
Related terms: bastard type, black letter, blaze a trail, chalk, discoloration, incise, knurl, line, machicolate, majuscule, make off with, mark off, natural, pi, scotch, shoulder, small cap, speck, stain, take, typeface, underline
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Let's analyse "nick" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: KCIN. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
nick: 9 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine. |
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