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Meanings of nick in English

Portuguese
amassado
Catalan
osca
Spanish
corte

An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

amassado
Catalan
mòssa

A small cut.

mòssa
Catalan
oscar
Spanish
mellar

Cut a nick into.

oscar
Usage of nick in English
1
It is in the nick of time, too, just at the crisis.
Lord of the World
2
Mr. Mac-Morlan and the soldiers had appeared in the nick of time.
Red Cap Tales, Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of t...
3
He knew that the helicopter was coming in the nick of time.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
4
He had just got to the bank in the nick of time.
The Queen of Hearts
5
The cattleman knew he had found her in the nick of time.
The Big-Town Round-Up
6
The concerning news is that Munster, somehow, did nick one in defeat.
The Guardian
7
Tell you about my childhood, and just in the nick of time.
Austenland
8
Xanthe side stepped a foul-smelling puddle, just in the nick of time.
The Last Gladiatrix
9
Obama, as they see it, has arrived in the nick of time.
The Guardian
10
She rose in the nick of time and slipped away from him.
The Tale of Tommy Fox
11
I suppose that these lodgings fell vacant in the nick of time.
Oddsfish!
12
Burbage learned to anticipate this by yielding in the nick of time.
Old Valentines / A Love Story
13
I mean that this Indian comes just in the nick of time.
Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders; Or, The Underground Search for...
14
Bob tore his head out of reach in the nick of time.
The Rules of the Game
15
Kennedy was rescued in the nick of time, and pledged to silence.
A Daughter of the Sioux: A Tale of the Indian frontier
16
In the nick of time, we tumble into the corridor, hearts thundering.
The Guardian
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Translations for nick
Portuguese
amassado
Nick through the time
Nick across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common