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nicknoun a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surfaceI made a nick in the frame when I accidentally dropped it chip, hack, indent, indentation, indenture, kerf, notch joggle, nock, punch, snipgroove, score, undercutslit, slot British slanga place of confinement for persons held in lawful custodythe blokes at the pub traded stories of nights spent in the nick after having lifted too many pints bastille, big house(slang), bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, clink(slang), cooler, coop, guardroom, hock, hold, hoosegow, jail, jailhouse, joint(slang), jug, lockup, pen, penitentiary, pokey(slang), prison, quod(British slang), slam, slammer, stir(slang), stockade, tolbooth(Scottish) bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tankblock, wardglasshouse(British), guardhouse, hulk(s)concentration camp, gulag, labor camp, prison camp, stalag, work campdungeon, keep, oubliettereformatory, reform school, training school outside Britisha state of being or fitnessthe princess is in excellent nick these days condition, estate, fettle, form, health, keeping, kilter, order, repair, shape, trim practice(also practise)pass, phase, stagefooting, picture, posture, scene, situation, statusrank, standing disorder, disrepair nickverbBritish slangto take (something) without right and with an intent to keepthat lorry was a piece of rubbish, I don't know why anyone would want to nick it appropriate, boost(slang), filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve burglarize, knock over, robloot, pillage, plunder, sackcarjack, hijack(also highjack)pick, riflepoach, rustle, shopliftcollar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, takemooch, spongeabduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with buy, purchasebestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present to take or keep under one's control by authority of lawa petty thief who was always getting nicked for picking the pockets of tourists outside Buckingham Palace apprehend, arrest, bust(slang), collar, nab, nail, pick up, pinch, pull in, restrain, run in, seize bag, capture, catch, get, grab, grapple, hook, land, snap (up), snare, snatch, trapcommit, confine, detain, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, lock (up)bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammelrearrestremand discharge emancipate, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, springunbind, unchain in the 15th century |