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Uncommonnick
The correct spelling is nick.
How to pronounce nick
/nɪk/
nounIPA: /nɪk/
Say it like: Nik
The correct spelling is nick. A small cut in a surface. For example: "The car I bought was cheap and in good nick."
Usage Examples
“The car I bought was cheap and in good nick.”
“He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged.”
“I nicked myself while I was shaving.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A small cut in a surface.
- 2.Senses connoting something small.
- 3.Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
- 4.(law enforcement) A police station or prison.
- 5.A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
verb
- 1.To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
- 2.To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
- 3.To make a cut at the side of the face.
- 4.To steal.
- 5.(law enforcement) To arrest.
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