nick
/nɪk/ verb C2- To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way. · I nicked myself while I was shaving.
- To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
- To make a cut at the side of the face.
He/she/it nicks · Past nicked · Past participle nicked · -ing form nicking
Verb forms
- Base form
- nick
- He/she/it
- nicks
- Past
- nicked
- Past participle
- nicked
- -ing form
- nicking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Dorothy was shocked to see that the cow had broken her leg off, and that the pail was lying in several small pieces, while the poor milkmaid had a nick in her left elbow.
As she left them the milkmaid cast many reproachful glances over her shoulder at the clumsy strangers, holding her nicked elbow close to her side.
Andrews hadn’t caught her by her sash just in the nick of time she’d fallen in and prob’ly been drowned.
“My dear fellow,” said Debray, “you have come in the nick of time.
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