āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to nick
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āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
to make a small, shallow cut or groove into something
Transitive: to nick sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The chef used a knife to nick the skin of the fruit for easier peeling.
āĻļā§āĻĢ āĻĢāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¸āĻž āĻ¸āĻšāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
to make a small, shallow cut or wound, resulting in minor injury or damage
Transitive: to nick a part of the body
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As he was shaving, he inadvertently nicked his chin with the razor, resulting in a minor shaving cut.
āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĨā§āĻ¤āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻļā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
(of livestock) to produce offspring that exhibit superior traits
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The two champion racehorses nicked exceptionally well, producing offspring that inherited their speed and agility.
āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻ°ā§āĻ¸āĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ¸ nick āĻ
āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛, āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻĒāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make shallow, precise cuts or incisions on the underside of a horse's tail, often for identification purposes
Transitive: to nick a horse's tail
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The rancher nicks the tails of his horses with a specific pattern to indicate ownership and lineage.
āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻļ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻāĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
a small cut
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āĻā§āĻ˛, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°
(British slang) a prison
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻ, āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
nicker
nick
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