to nickel

Examples

• All

• Don't you nickel and dime me.

  My Uncle John Is a Zombie! (2017)

• - You don't nickel and dime me on it.

  Message from the King (2017)

• When you spread help too thin, you just nickel and dime the situation.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Just buying more votes while we nickel and dime our troops.

  Blog text (4)

• If your time is valuable enough to hire someone, you do not have the time to nickel and dime your PA.

  Blog text (9)

• Don't nickel and dime your guests.

  Blog text (25)

• They'll nickel-and-dime you to death.

  The Amityville Horror (1979)

• They also seem to look down on selling their products directly to users ("we don't want to nickel and dime our users").

  Blog text (23)

• Shouldn't our mass transit system be well preserved, instead of nickeled and dimed to death by budget cuts?

  Blog text (5)

• The jeweler started to nickel the silver ring to give it a shiny finish.

Synonyms

P

to plate

vsto nickel

• Specialized

37 6.2

To cover an object with a thin layer of metal

focuses on electrochemical application of a specific metal rather than general coating

E

to electroplate

vsto nickel

• Specialized

1 8.0

To cover an object with a thin layer of metal using electricity

specifies a particular metal applied by electrochemical means

Idioms

N

not worth a plug nickel

• Archaic

1 9.6

Has no value and is useless to anyone

W

worth only a nickel

• Archaic

6.9

It has very little value

Phrasal Verbs

N

to nickel-and-dime

• Informal

1 7.9

To manage using only small amounts of money at a time

N

to nickel and dime

• Informal

1 8.5

To charge many small extra fees that add up unfairly

Compounds

N

nickel tour

• Informal

2 8.7

A very quick visit that shows only the main places

P

plug nickel

• Archaic

1 9.9

A thing that is worth almost nothing

N

nickel-and-dime

• Informal

1 7.2

Small and not important, usually involving little money

C

chrome-nickel steel

• Specialized

5.5

A strong steel alloy with chromium and nickel that resists rust and stays flexible at different temperatures

N

nickel nurser

9.9

A person who grows young plants, especially rare kinds

N

nickel silver

• Specialized

7.4

A metal made from copper, nickel, and zinc that looks like silver and is used for knives and forks

N

nickel steel

• Specialized

4.7

Metal made by adding nickel to steel so it resists rust and is very strong

N

nickel-base alloy

• Specialized

6.0

A metal made mainly of nickel that resists very high heat and chemical damage

N

nickel alloy

• Specialized

5.1

A metal mix with nickel as the main metal that resists heat and rust

N

nickel bronze

• Specialized

7.4

A strong metal you get by mixing copper and nickel that resists corrosion

N

nickel bronze

6.0

A warm metal color for paint and fixtures that looks like metal you get by mixing copper and nickel

N

nickel-cadmium accumulator

• UK

6.0

A rechargeable battery that uses nickel and cadmium to store electricity

N

nickel-iron accumulator

• UK

9.0

A strong rechargeable battery made from nickel and iron that lasts many charges

N

nickel-iron battery

• Specialized

6.1

A battery you can charge again made from nickel and iron that lasts a long time

Surface Forms

Etymology