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nick

noun

1 nick

An impression in a surface (as made by a blow).

synonyms: dent, ding, gouge.

Roget 257: notch, dent, nick, cut; indent, indentation; dimple.    embrasure, battlement, machicolation; saw, tooth, crenelle, scallop, ... show more

Polish: wgięcie, wgniecenie

2 nick

British slang A prison.

3 nick

A small cut.

synonyms: notch, snick.

Roget 550: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist.    [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, ... show more

Dutch: groef, inkeep, inkeping, keep, kerf, ril

verb

1 nick

Cut slightly, with a razor:
— The barber's knife nicked his cheek.

synonym: snick.

Roget 257: notch, nick, cut, dent, indent, jag, scarify, scotch, crimp, scallop, scollop, crenulate, vandyke.   

Roget 545: deceive, take in; defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully, jilt, ... show more

2 nick

Cut a nick into.

synonym: chip.

3 nick

Divide or reset the tail muscles of.

4 nick

Mate successfully; of livestock.


Moby thesaurus: Vandyke, appropriate, arrest, ascender, back, bastard type, beard, beat it, belly, bevel, birthmark, black letter, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, body, brand, cabbage, cap ... show more.

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