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noun | verb nicknick1 /nɪk/ noun ETYMOLOGYnick1Origin: 1400-1500 Perhaps from nock small cut in the end of a bow for the string to fit in (14-20 centuries) 1 (just) in the nick of time just before it is too late or just before something bad happens: The money came through just in the nick of time.2[countable] a very small cut made on the edge or surface of something noun | verb nicknick2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEnick |
Present | I, you, we, they | nick | | he, she, it | nicks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | nicked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have nicked | | he, she, it | has nicked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had nicked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will nick | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have nicked |
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Present | I | am nicking | | he, she, it | is nicking | | you, we, they | are nicking | Past | I, he, she, it | was nicking | | you, we, they | were nicking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been nicking | | he, she, it | has been nicking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been nicking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be nicking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been nicking |
to make a small cut in the surface or edge of something, usually by accident: I nicked myself shaving this morning. |