What is "nick"

Nick \Nick\ (n[i^]k), n. [AS. nicor a marine monster; akin to D. nikker a water spite, Icel. nykr, ONG. nihhus a crocodile, G. nix a water sprite; cf. Gr. ni`ptein to wash, Skr. nij. Cf. Nix.] (Northern Myth.) An evil spirit of the waters.

Old Nick, the evil one; the devil. [Colloq.]

Nick \Nick\, n. [Akin to Nock.]

1. A notch cut into something; as:

   1. A score for keeping an account; a reckoning. [Obs.]

   2. (Print.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
      --W. Savage.

2. Hence: A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; as, nicks in a china plate; a nick in the table top.

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

   To cut it off in the very nick.
   --Howell.

   This nick of time is the critical occasion for the gaining of a point.
   --L'Estrange.

Nick \Nick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nicked (n[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Nicking.]

1. To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.

2. To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to create a nick[2] in, deliberately or accidentally; as, to nick the rim of a teacup.

   And thence proceed to nicking sashes.
   --Prior.

   The itch of his affection should not then Have nicked his captainship.
   --Shak.

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

   Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations.
   --Camden.

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

   The just season of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved.
   --L'Estrange.

5. To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry it higher).

Nick \Nick\, v. t. To nickname; to style. [Obs.]

For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me.
--Ford.

masc. proper name, familiar form of Nicholas. As "the devil" by 1640s, but the reason for it is obscure.

"notch, groove, slit," late 15c., nyke, of unknown origin, possibly influenced by Middle French niche (see niche), or from it. Nick of time is first attested 1640s (nick of opportunity is 1610s), possibly from an old custom of recording time as it passed by making notches on a tally stick, though nick in the general sense of "critical moment" is older (1570s, Hanmer, who adds "as commonly we say") than the phrase.

1520s, "to make a notch in," from nick (n.). Sense of "to steal" is from 1869, probably from earlier slang sense of "to catch, take unawares, arrest" (1620s). The precise sense connection is unclear. Related: Nicked; nicking.

n. 1 A small cut in a surface. 2 # (context now rare English) A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. 3 # (context printing dated English) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution. 4 ''Meanings connoting something small.'' 5 # (context cricket English) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch. 6 # (context real tennis English) The point where the wall of the court meets the floor. 7 # (context genetics English) One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation. 8 (context archaic English) A nixie, or water-sprite. 9 (short for nickname English) 10 (context UK slang English) In the expressions ''in bad nick'' and ''in good nick'': condition. 11 (context British slang English) A police station or prison. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way. 2 # To make a cross cut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher). 3 # (context transitive English) To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in. 4 To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. 5 # To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. 6 # To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.

1. n. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: dent, gouge]

2. a small cut [syn: notch, snick]

1. v. cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek" [syn: snick]

2. cut a nick into [syn: chip]

3. divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses"

4. mate successfully; of livestock

Nick may refer to:

A nick is a discontinuity in a double stranded DNA molecule where there is no phosphodiester bond between adjacent nucleotides of one strand typically through damage or enzyme action. Nicks allow for the much-needed release of torsion in the strand during DNA replication. Nicks are also thought to play a role in the DNA mismatch repair mechanisms that fix errors on both the leading and lagging daughter strands.

Nick is the fifth episode of series 5 of the UK TV series Skins, which first aired on 24 February 2011 on E4. It focuses on Nick Levan ( Sean Teale) as he deals with the return of his brother, Matty ( Sebastian De Souza) into his life.

"Nick" is the sixth episode of the sixth series of the British teen drama Skins. It premiered on E4 in the UK on 27 February 2012. The episode is told from the point of view of character Nick Levan.

Nick is desperately in love with Franky, but it's a one-way street. He has no choice but to accept Franky as his friend and nothing more, while his love for her grows with each passing day. Then Matty gets in touch - he's still in love with Franky and needs Nick's help to get him out of Morocco and back to Bristol. Ever loyal, Nick tries to put his feelings for Franky aside and agrees to help his brother. Torn between his love for Franky, his loyalty to Matty and his fear of confrontation, Nick's life begins to spin wildly out of control until he has no choice but to step up and discover what he's truly capable of.