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nick

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of nick

1 a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface

  • I made a nick in the frame when I accidentally dropped it
Synonyms of nick

chip, hack, indent, indentation, indenture, kerf, notch
Words Related to nick

joggle, nock, punch, snip

groove, score, undercut

slit, slot

2 British slang a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

  • the blokes at the pub traded stories of nights spent in the nick after having lifted too many pints
Synonyms of nick

bastille, big house [slang], bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, clink [slang], cooler, coop, guardroom, hock, hold, hoosegow, jail, jailhouse, joint [slang], jug, lockup, pen, penitentiary, pokey [slang], prison, quod [British slang], slam, slammer, stir [slang], stockade, tolbooth [Scottish]
Words Related to nick

bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tank

block, ward

glasshouse [British], guardhouse, hulk(s)

concentration camp, gulag, labor camp, prison camp, stalag, work camp

dungeon, keep, oubliette

reformatory, reform school, training school
Near Antonyms of nick

outside

3 British a state of being or fitness

  • the princess is in excellent nick these days
Synonyms of nick

condition, estate, fettle, form, health, keeping, kilter, order, repair, shape, trim
Words Related to nick

practice (also practise)

pass, phase, stage

footing, picture, posture, scene, situation, status

rank, standing
Near Antonyms of nick

disorder, disrepair

nick

verb , British slang

Synonyms and Antonyms of nick

1 to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

  • that lorry was a piece of rubbish, I don't know why anyone would want to nick it
Synonyms of nick

appropriate, boost [slang], filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve
Words Related to nick

burglarize, knock over, rob

loot, pillage, plunder, sack

carjack, hijack (also highjack)

pick, rifle

poach, rustle, shoplift

collar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, take

mooch, sponge

abduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit
Phrases Synonymous with nick

make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with
Near Antonyms of nick

buy, purchase

bestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present

2 to take or keep under oneʼs control by authority of law

  • a petty thief who was always getting nicked for picking the pockets of tourists outside Buckingham Palace
Synonyms of nick

apprehend, arrest, bust [slang], collar, nab, nail, pick up, pinch, pull in, restrain, run in, seize
Words Related to nick

bag, capture, catch, get, grab, grapple, hook, land, snap (up), snare, snatch, trap

commit, confine, detain, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, lock (up)

bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

rearrest

remand
Near Antonyms of nick

emancipate, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, spring

unbind, unchain
Antonyms of nick

discharge

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