What is the meaning of the word "nick"?
Definitions:
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(British slang) a prison
noun
- he's in the nick
- he's in the nick
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an impression in a surface, as made by a blow
noun
- There was a nick in the wall where the chair hit it.
- There was a nick in the wall where the chair hit it.
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cut slightly, with a razor
verb
- The barber's knife nicked their cheek.
- The barber's knife nicked their cheek.
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divide or reset the tail muscles of
verb
- nick horses
- nick horses