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A small cut in a surface.

Senses connoting something small.

Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.

Example: The car I bought was cheap and in good nick.

(law enforcement) A police station or prison.

Example: He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged.

To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.

Example: I nicked myself while I was shaving.

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

To make a cut at the side of the face.

To steal.

Example: Someone’s nicked my bike!

To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.

A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

A nix or nixie.