Nick
/nɪk/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:12 pts4 letters
Definition of Nick
noun
- A small cut in a surface.
- Senses connoting something small.
- Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
"The car I bought was cheap and in good nick."
- (law enforcement) A police station or prison.
"He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged."
verb
- To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
"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.
"Someone’s nicked my bike!"
- (law enforcement) To arrest.
"The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he’d broken into."