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Definitions for Nicking

[1] a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
[2] a hollow place produced in an edge or surface, as of a dish, by breaking, chipping, or the like: I didn't notice those tiny nicks in the vase when I bought it.
[3] a small dent or wound.
[4] a small groove on one side of the shank of a printing type, serving as a guide in setting or to distinguish different types.
[5] Biochemistry . a break in one strand of a double-stranded DNA or RNA molecule.
[6] British Slang . prison.
[7] to cut into or through: I nicked my chin while shaving.
[8] to hit or injure slightly.
[9] to make a nick or nicks in (something); notch, groove, or chip.
[10] to record by means of a notch or notches.
[11] to incise certain tendons at the root of (a horse's tail) to give it a higher carrying position; make an incision under the tail of (a horse).
[12] to hit, guess, catch, etc., exactly.
[13] Slang . to trick, cheat, or defraud: How much did they nick you for that suit?
[14] British Slang . to arrest (a criminal or suspect). to capture; nab. to steal: Someone nicked her pocketbook on the bus.
[15] in the nick of time , at the right or vital moment, usually at the last possible moment: The fire engines arrived in the nick of time.
[16] a small notch or indentation on an edge or surface
[17] a groove on the shank of a printing type, used to orientate type and often to distinguish the fount
[18] British a slang word for prison, police station
[19] in good nick informal in good condition
[20] in the nick of time at the last possible moment; at the critical moment
[21] (tr) to chip or cut
[22] (tr) slang , mainly British to steal to take into legal custody; arrest
[23] (intr often foll by off ) informal to move or depart rapidly
[24] to divide and reset (certain of the tail muscles of a horse) to give the tail a high carriage
[25] (tr) to guess, catch, etc, exactly
[26] (intr) (of breeding stock) to mate satisfactorily
[27] nick someone for US and Canadian slang to defraud someone to the extent of
[28] computing an alias adopted by a member of a chatroom or forum; nickname

Words related to Nicking

nickknock, cut, indent, dent, damage, mark, slit, score, dint, jag, mill, notch, scar

Words nearby Nicking

nicknicholson, nichrome, nicht, nicht wahr, nicias, nick, nick-nack, nickel, nickel acetate, nickel belt, nickel bloom

Origin of Nicking

1475–85; obscurely akin to Old English gehnycned wrinkled, Old Norse hnykla to wrinkle

Other words from Nicking

un·nicked , adjective

Word origin for Nicking

short for nickname

Synonyms for Nicking

cut, damage, dent, dint, indent, jag, knock, mark, mill, notch, scar, score, slit