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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
nick /nɪk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a small notch, groove, chip, or the like:some nicks on the car door.
  2. a small dent or wound:a couple of nicks on his face from shaving.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to cut into or through:He nicked his face shaving.
  2. to make a nick in (something);
    notch:The rocks must have nicked the car door.
  3. [Brit. Slang.]
    • to arrest (a criminal or suspect).
    • to steal.
Idioms
  1. Idioms in the nick of time, at the right moment and no sooner;
    at the last possible moment:arrived in the nick of time.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
nick  (nik),USA pronunciation n. 
  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. Printinga small groove on one side of the shank of a printing type, serving as a guide in setting or to distinguish different types. See diag. under type. 
  5. Genetics, Biochemistry[Biochem.]a break in one strand of a double-stranded DNA or RNA molecule.
  6. [Brit. Slang.]prison.
  7. 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.

v.t. 
  1. to cut into or through:I nicked my chin while shaving.
  2. to hit or injure slightly.
  3. to make a nick or nicks in (something);
    notch, groove, or chip.
  4. to record by means of a notch or notches.
  5. Veterinary Diseasesto 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).
  6. to hit, guess, catch, etc., exactly.
  7. [Slang.]to trick, cheat, or defraud:How much did they nick you for that suit?
  8. [Brit. Slang.]
    • to arrest (a criminal or suspect).
    • to capture;
      nab.
    • to steal:Someone nicked her pocketbook on the bus.
  • obscurely akin to Old English gehnycned wrinkled, Old Norse hnykla to wrinkle 1475–85

Nick  (nik),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. See Old Nick. 
  2. a male given name, form of Nicholas. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
nick /nɪk/ n
  1. a small notch or indentation on an edge or surface
  2. Brit
  3. in good nick ⇒ informal in good condition
  4. in the nick of time ⇒ at the last possible moment; at the critical moment
 vb
  1. (transitive) to chip or cut
  2. (transitive) slang chiefly Brit
    • to steal
    • to take into legal custody; arrest
  3. (intransitive) often followed by off: informal to move or depart rapidly
  4. to divide and reset (certain of the tail muscles of a horse) to give the tail a high carriage
  5. (transitive) to guess, catch, etc, exactly
  6. nick someone for ⇒ US Canadian slang to defraud someone to the extent of
Etymology: 15th Century: perhaps changed from C14 nocke nock
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Car•ter  (kär′tər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Bennett Lester (Benny), born 1907, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
  2. Biographical Don(ald James), born 1926, U.S. bowler.
  3. Biographical Elliott (Cook, Jr.), born 1908, U.S. composer.
  4. Ancient History, Biographical Howard, 1873–1939, English Egyptologist.
  5. Biographical James Earl, Jr. (Jimmy), born 1924, 39th president of the U.S. 1977–81.
  6. Biographical Mrs. Leslie (Caroline Louise Dudley), 1862–1937, U.S. actress.
  7. Literature Nick, pen name of authors who wrote detective-story series in which Nick Carter, created by John R. Coryell, is the main character.
  8. a male given name.

'nick' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a small nick on the [corner, screen, table], a few nicks on the [driver's door, side mirror, bumper], cut myself on the nick, more...

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