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English Dictionary: nick	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for nick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nick n an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: dent, ding, gouge, nick] (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick" a small cut Synonym(s): notch, nick, snick v cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek" Synonym(s): nick, snick cut a nick into Synonym(s): nick, chip divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses" mate successfully; of livestock
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nick \Nick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nicked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nicking}.] 1. To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc. 2. To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in. And thence proceed to nicking sashes. --Prior. The itch of his affection should not then Have nicked his captainship. --Shak. 3. To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations. --Camden. 4. To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. The just season of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved. --L'Estrange. 5. To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nick \Nick\, n. [AS. nicor a marine monster; akin to D. nikker a water spite, Icel. nykr, ONG. nihhus a crocodile, G. nix a water sprite; cf. Gr. [?] to wash, Skr. nij. Cf. {Nix}.] (Northern Myth.) An evil spirit of the waters. {Old Nick}, the evil one; the devil. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nick \Nick\, n. [Akin to {Nock}.] 1. A notch cut into something; as: (a) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning. [Obs.] (b) (Print.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution. --W. Savage. (c) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china. 2. A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. To cut it off in the very nick. --Howell. This nick of time is the critical occasion for the gainger of a point. --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nick \Nick\, v. t. To nickname; to style. [Obs.] For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me. --Ford.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
nick n. [IRC; very common] Short for nickname. On {IRC}, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes the same as the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful. Compare {handle}, {screen name}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
nick [IRC] nickname. On {IRC}, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful. Compare {handle}. [{Jargon File}]