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How to pronounce “nick”

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Pronunciation guide for nick

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of nick with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Invisible Armiesbe there to save us in the nick of time.
Definition summary
A small cut in a surface.

Example 1 of 8

How to pronounce nick

Invisible Armies

be there to save us in the nick of time.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “nick”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A small cut in a surface.
  • Senses connoting something small.
  • (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
  • (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) A police station or prison.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
  • (transitive, mining) To make a cut at the side of the face.
  • (transitive, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) To steal.
  • (transitive, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.

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