nick
noun
[ nɪk ]
• a small cut or notch.
• "a small nick on his wrist"
Similar:
cut,
scratch,
abrasion,
incision,
snick,
scrape,
notch,
chip,
score,
gouge,
gash,
dent,
indentation,
flaw,
mark,
blemish,
defect,
• prison.
• "he'll end up in the nick for the rest of his life"
Similar:
prison,
jail,
penal institution,
place of detention,
lock-up,
place of confinement,
guardhouse,
detention centre,
young offender institution,
penitentiary,
correctional facility,
jailhouse,
boot camp,
stockade,
house of correction,
the clink,
the slammer,
inside,
stir,
the jug,
the big house,
the brig,
the glasshouse,
the can,
the pen,
the cooler,
the joint,
the pokey,
the slam,
the skookum house,
the calaboose,
the hoosegow,
the chokey,
bird,
quod,
pound,
roundhouse,
youth custody centre,
approved school,
borstal,
bridewell,
tollbooth,
bastille,
reformatory,
• the junction between the floor and side walls in a squash court or real tennis court.
nick
verb
• make a nick or nicks in.
• "he had nicked himself while shaving"
Similar:
cut,
scratch,
abrade,
incise,
snick,
scrape,
notch,
chip,
gouge,
gash,
score,
• steal.
• "she nicked fivers from the till"
Similar:
steal,
purloin,
thieve,
take,
take for oneself,
help oneself to,
loot,
pilfer,
abscond with,
run off with,
appropriate,
abstract,
carry off,
shoplift,
embezzle,
misappropriate,
walk off/away with,
run away/off with,
rob,
swipe,
nab,
rip off,
lift,
liberate,
filch,
snaffle,
snitch,
souvenir,
pinch,
half-inch,
whip,
knock off,
nobble,
bone,
scrump,
blag,
heist,
glom,
snavel,
clifty,
tief,
crib,
hook,
peculate,
defalcate,
walk,
go walkies,
• arrest (someone).
• "Stuart and Dan got nicked for burglary"
Similar:
arrest,
apprehend,
take into custody,
seize,
take in,
take prisoner,
detain,
put in jail,
throw in jail,
pick up,
run in,
pull in,
haul in,
cop,
bust,
nab,
nail,
do,
collar,
feel someone's collar,
pinch,
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
nick
verb
• go quickly or surreptitiously.
• "they nicked across the road"
Origin:
late 19th century: probably a figurative use of nick1 in the sense ‘to steal’.
