nick
A small cut in a surface.
Noun 3 meanings
A small cut in a surface.
Senses connoting something small.
Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
“The car I bought was cheap and in good nick.”
Verb 3 meanings
To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
“I nicked myself while I was shaving.”
To make a cut at the side of the face.
To steal.
“Someone’s nicked my bike!”
Etymology
The noun is derived from Late Middle English nik (“notch, tally; nock of an arrow”). Its further etymology is unknown; a connection with nock (“notch in a bow to hold the bowstring; notch at the rear of an arrow that fits the bowstring; cleft in the buttocks”) has not been clearly established.
NICK at a glance
NICK has 4 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (N 1 + I 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,491 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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