Nick | Mean of nick in English Dictionary

/ˈnɪk/

• Noun
• a small broken area that appears on something after something else hits or cuts it
1. There is a nick [=chip] in the cup.
2. There are a couple of nicks on the painting.
• a small cut on your skin
1. His face was covered with nicks and cuts after shaving.
• a prison or police station
1. She spent a night in the nick.

• the condition that someone or something is in
1. I watched the team practice, and all the players looked in good nick. [=in good shape]
2. an economy in bad nick
• just before the last moment when something can be changed or something bad will happen
1. He decided to go just in the nick of time.
2. The ambulance arrived in the nick of time.
• Verb
• to cut or damage a small part of the surface of (something)
1. Something nicked [=chipped] the painting.
• to make a small cut on (someone)
1. He nicked himself shaving.
2. He was nicked on the shoulder by a bullet.
• to catch and arrest (someone)
1. She was nicked for the theft.
• to steal (something)
1. I nicked a couple of cars when I was younger.