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The definition of nick
12 Definitions of: nick
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- noun, a small notch or indentation on an edge or surface
- noun, a groove on the shank of a printing type, used to orientate type and often to distinguish the fount
- noun, a slang word for prison
- noun, in good nick in good condition
- noun, in the nick of time at the last possible moment; at the critical moment
- verb, to chip or cut
- verb, slang a) to steal b) to take into legal custody; arrest
- verb, to move or depart rapidly
- verb, to divide and reset (certain of the tail muscles of a horse) to give the tail a high carriage
- verb, to guess, catch, etc, exactly
- verb, (of breeding stock) to mate satisfactorily
- verb, nick (someone) for slang to defraud (someone) to the extent of
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- noun, computing an alias adopted by a member of a chatroom or forum; nickname
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