Main Entry: ²nick

Function: verb

Date: 1523

transitive verb

1 : to jot down : record
2 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 time
5 : cheat, overcharge
6 a slang British : arrest b slang British : stealintransitive verb 1 : to make petty attacks : snipe
2 : to complement one another genetically and produce superior offspring