Main Entry:

²nick

Function:

verb

Date:

1523

transitive verb

1: to jot down : record2 a: to make a nick in : notch, chip b: to cut into or wound slightly <nicked himself shaving>3: to cut short <cold weather, which nicked steel and automobile output — Time>4: to catch at the right point or time5: cheat, overcharge6 aslang British : arrest bslang British : stealintransitive verb1: to make petty attacks : snipe2: to complement one another genetically and produce superior offspring