Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - nick
Nick
nick
n. Phrases and idioms Old Nick the Devil. Etymology: prob. f. a pet-form of the name Nicholas NICK 1. n. & v. --n. 1 a small cut or notch. 2 Brit. sl. a a prison. b a police station. 3 (prec. by in with adj.) Brit. colloq. condition (in reasonable nick). 4 the junction between the floor and walls in a squash court. --v.tr. 1 make a nick or nicks in. 2 Brit. sl. a steal. b arrest, catch. Phrases and idioms in the nick of time only just in time; just at the right moment. Etymology: ME: orig. uncert. 2. v.intr. Austral. sl. (foll. by off, in, etc.) move quickly or furtively. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. uncert. (cf. NIP(1) 4)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English nyke, probably alteration of nocke nock Date: 15th century 1. a small notch, groove, or chip, a small cut or wound, a break in one strand of two-stranded DNA caused by a missing phosphodiester bond, a final critical moment , prison, condition , II. verb Date: 1523 transitive verb to jot down ; record, 2. to make a ~ in ; notch, chip, to cut into or wound slightly , to cut short , to catch at the right point or time, cheat, overcharge, 6. arrest, steal, intransitive verb to make petty attacks ; snipe, to complement one another genetically and produce superior offspring ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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