NICKS

/nษชks/
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Scrabble
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WWF
N(1) I(1) C(3) K(5) S(1)
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Definition

/nษชks/
noun
  1. A small cut in a surface.
  2. Senses connoting something small.
  3. Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
    “The car I bought was cheap and in good nick.”
  4. (law enforcement) A police station or prison.
    “He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged.”
verb
  1. To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
    “I nicked myself while I was shaving.”
  2. To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
  3. To make a cut at the side of the face.
  4. To steal.
    “Someoneโ€™s nicked my bike!”
  5. (law enforcement) To arrest.
    “The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house heโ€™d broken into.”
verb
  1. To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.
noun
  1. A nix or nixie.
noun
  1. A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
  2. A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

Source: Wiktionary

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