ALL meanings of nicked
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N n - noun nicked Simple past tense and past participle of nick. 1
- noun nicked a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something. 1
- noun nicked a hollow place produced in an edge or surface, as of a dish, by breaking, chipping, or the like: I didn't notice those tiny nicks in the vase when I bought it. 1
- noun nicked a small dent or wound. 1
- noun nicked a small groove on one side of the shank of a printing type, serving as a guide in setting or to distinguish different types. 1
- noun nicked Biochemistry. a break in one strand of a double-stranded DNA or RNA molecule. 1
- noun nicked British Slang. prison. 1
- verb with object nicked to cut into or through: I nicked my chin while shaving. 1
- verb with object nicked to hit or injure slightly. 1
- verb with object nicked to make a nick or nicks in (something); notch, groove, or chip. 1
- verb with object nicked to record by means of a notch or notches. 1
- verb with object nicked to incise certain tendons at the root of (a horse's tail) to give it a higher carrying position; make an incision under the tail of (a horse). 1
- verb with object nicked to hit, guess, catch, etc., exactly. 1
- verb with object nicked Slang. to trick, cheat, or defraud: How much did they nick you for that suit? 1
- verb with object nicked British Slang. to arrest (a criminal or suspect). to capture; nab. to steal: Someone nicked her pocketbook on the bus. 1
- idioms nicked in the nick of time, at the right or vital moment, usually at the last possible moment: The fire engines arrived in the nick of time. 1