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nick

გამოთქმა: /nɪk/

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • 1a small cut or notch: a small nick on his wrist
  • 2 (the nick) British informal prison: he’ll end up in the nick for the rest of his life
  • a police station:he was being fingerprinted in the nick
  • 3the junction between the floor and side walls in a squash court or real tennis court.

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1make a nick or nicks in:he had nicked himself while shaving
  • 2British informal steal:she nicked fivers from the till
  • (nick someone for) North American informal cheat someone of (a sum of money):banks will be nicked for an extra $40 million
  • 3British informal arrest (someone):Stuart and Dan got nicked for burglary

in —— nick

British informal in a specified condition:you’ve kept the car in good nick

in the nick of time

only just in time: the rescue came in the nick of time

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