nick
noun
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a small cutsnick
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(British slang) a prison“he's in the nick”
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an impression in a surface, as made by a blow“There was a nick in the wall where the chair hit it.”gougedentding
verb
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mate successfully
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divide or reset the tail muscles of“nick horses”
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cut a nick intochip
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cut slightly, with a razor“The barber's knife nicked their cheek.”snick