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  • noun
    plural nicks
    [count] a small broken area that appears on something after something else hits or cuts it
    There is a nick [=chip] in the cup.
    There are a couple of nicks on the painting.
    a small cut on your skin
    His face was covered with nicks and cuts after shaving.
    the nick Brit slang :a prison or police station
    She spent a night in the nick.
    [noncount] Brit informal :the condition that someone or something is in
    I watched the team practice, and all the players looked in good nick. [=in good shape]
    an economy in bad nick
    in the nick of time
    informal :just before the last moment when something can be changed or something bad will happen
    He decided to go just in the nick of time.
    The ambulance arrived in the nick of time.
    verb
    nicks; nicked; nicking
    [+ obj] to cut or damage a small part of the surface of (something) :to put a nick in (something)
    Something nicked [=chipped] the painting.
    to make a small cut on (someone)
    He nicked himself shaving.
    He was nicked on the shoulder by a bullet.
    Brit slang
    to catch and arrest (someone)
    She was nicked for the theft.
    to steal (something)
    I nicked a couple of cars when I was younger.

    * Các từ tương tự:
    nickel, nickel-and-dime, nickname