to nick
1
9.9
- verb
- /nɪk/
- Jargon
:
recortar la cola (a un caballo)
- When it sounds like the right time, we jack in the box, look nasty and stuff, cocoon them in gaffer tape, then we nick their van and swap the gear into a new van and then bring it back here.
Examples
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They can't report they have had all their drugs and money nicked, can they? 71 # TOM #
Fiction book (1998) -
She shoves Mike's hand out of the path, but the needle nicks her glove.
Fiction book (1995) -
The stuff you nicked from the building site.
Fiction book (1998) -
Probably just nicked the muscle.
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But he has never nicked a picker in his life.
Fiction book (1998) -
Pulling off an inept jewel robbery and getting nicked had been the easy part.
Fiction book (1993) -
Who's the bloke that nicked ya?
Fiction book (1999) -
The first flight of stairs was carpeted, but the second flight was bare and so steep that I had to tag a couple of steps below her so as not to be nicked by her boot heels as we climbed.
Fiction book (1998) -
They sat at the mirrored bar, Roxanne resting her elbows on the nicked counter.
Fiction book (1996) -
To enhance her horse's appearance, she decided to nick its tail for a more erect look.
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Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
How Altered
- Specialized
48
7.2
- Specialized
1
8.5
- Jargon
1
9.9
95
2.6
40
2.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
The horse sense of nick comes from that same idea of a small 'nick' or cut made to change the tail's look, so to nick a horse was to make a small cut for appearance.