nick
nick is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A notch cut into something; as: (a) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning. [Obs.] (b) (Print.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution. W. Savage. (c) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china.
- 2.A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. To cut it off in the very nick. Howell. This nick of time is the critical occasion for the gainger of a point. L'Estrange.
- 3.To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.
- 4.To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in. And thence proceed to nicking sashes. Prior. The itch of his affection should not then Have nicked his captainship. Shak.
- 5.To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations. Camden.
- 6.To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. The just season of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved. L'Estrange.
- 7.To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher).
- 8.To nickname; to style. [Obs.] For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me. Ford.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ant
- battlement
- clear
- conjuncture
- crenate
- crenated
- crenelle
- crenulate
- crimp
- crisis
- cut
- dent
- dentate
- dentated
- denticulate
- denticulated
- depression
- dimple
- embrasure
- event
- eventuality
- fair
- favorable
- field
- fine
- given
- golden
- high
- indent
- indentation
- jag
- juncture
- leisure
- machicolation
- notch
- occasion
- opening
- opportunity
- palmated
- point
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is nick.
- What is to make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc called?
- What is to mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in. And thence proceed to nicking sashes. Prior. The itch of his affection should not then Have nicked his captainship. Shak called?
- What is to suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations. Camden called?
- What is to hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. The just season of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved. L'Estrange called?
- What is to make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher) called?
- What is to nickname; to style. [Obs.] For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me. Ford called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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