Definitions from Wiktionary ( )

▸ noun:  A small cut in a surface.
▸ noun:  (now rare) A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
▸ noun:  (printing, dated) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
▸ noun:  Senses connoting something small.
▸ noun:  (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
▸ noun:  (genetics) One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
▸ noun:  (real tennis, squash, racquetball) The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
▸ noun:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
▸ noun:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) A police station or prison.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
▸ verb:  (transitive, rare) To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
▸ verb:  (transitive, sometimes figurative) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
▸ verb:  (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.
▸ verb:  (transitive, gaming) To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.
▸ verb:  (transitive, mining) To make a cut at the side of the face.
▸ verb:  (transitive, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) To steal.
▸ verb:  (transitive, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A nix or nixie (“water spirit”).
▸ noun:  A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
▸ noun:  (Internet) Clipping of nickname. [A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.]

---

▸ Word origin

▸ Words similar to nick
▸ Usage examples for nick

▸ Idioms related to nick
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing nick
▸ Words that often appear near nick
▸ Rhymes of nick

▸ Invented words related to nick