nick

noun

  1. 1

    a small cut

  2. 2

    (British slang) a prison

    he's in the nick

  3. 3

    an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

verb

  1. 1

    mate successfully; of livestock

  2. 2

    divide or reset the tail muscles of

    nick horses

  3. 3

    cut a nick into

  4. 4

    cut slightly, with a razor

    The barber's knife nicked his cheek

Synonyms

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