knick

Examples

• All

• While moving the furniture, I accidentally made a small knick in the wall.

• After a week's work on something, the only thing my father-in-law noticed was a small knick on something.

  Blog text (15)

• But we have seen a blade of air cleanly remove a head, so a knick to a tendon and a slash to the wing membrane should be possible.

  Blog text (9)

• In time, the salesmen drifted away from the delis and restaurants and started to hang out in places like Madison Square Garden, where, during an exciting Knick game, a few citizens could be counted on to keel over.

  Fiction book (2001)

• She noticed a tiny knick on the edge of her new table after the party.

• The artist added a knick to the clay sculpture to give it more character.

Synonyms

S

scratch

vsknick

203 1.6

A thin shallow mark on skin or a surface made by something sharp

is usually a small notch or cut rather than an extended scraped mark

C

chip

vsknick

130 2.1

A small piece broken off an object, often leaving a mark

is usually only an indentation or thin cut, not a missing fragment

I

indentation

vsknick

13 3.7

A small dent in a surface that cutting or hitting causes

is usually a tiny accidental cut or notch, not a larger shaped hollow

P

prick

vsknick

7 6.3

A small mark or dent on a surface used as a guide

is commonly an accidental small notch rather than a deliberate guide

C

check

vsknick

5 5.8

A small chip or notch in the surface of something

is generally a tiny accidental cut not created by breaking or chopping

I

incision

vsknick

2 5.7

A narrow cut an artist makes on a surface to show a design

is more often accidental and less precise than that deliberate narrow cut

S

snick

vsknick

9.0

A small sharp cut or notch that makes a quiet sound

is usually an accidental small indentation rather than a deliberate sharp cut

How Deep

gash

30 3.9

cut

337 1.0

knick

1 4.6

scratch

203 1.6

Surface Forms

Etymology