What is the meaning of Nick?

A small cut in a surface.

  1. A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.

    A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.

    A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.

    Senses connoting something small.

    1. A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
    2. One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
    3. The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.

    A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.

    One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.

    The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.

    Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.

    A police station or prison.

    To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.

    To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.

    To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).

    To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.

    1. To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
    2. To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.
    3. To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.

    To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.

    To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.

    To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.

    To make a cut at the side of the face.

    To steal.

    To arrest.

    Clipping of nickname.

    To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

    A nix or nixie (water spirit).

    singular imperative of nicken

    first-person singular present of nicken

    Synonym of nic

    nickname (familiar, invented given name)

    nick; nickname

    nod (movement of the head to indicate agreement)

    header (in football)

    nick, nickname

    Source: wiktionary.org