See Also: nick 1, noun(dictionary)
Old Nick(dictionary)
Nick(medicine)
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Faldo, Nick(encyclopedia)
Nick - Golf(gambling)
nick 2, verb(dictionary)
Nick's Fishmarket(tourism)

nick 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Perhaps from nock 'small cut in the end of a bow for the string to fit in' (14-20 centuries)]
in the nick of time
just before it is too late, or just before something bad happens
::Luckily, help arrived in the nick of time.
in good nick/in bad nick etc
BrE informal in good condition or in bad condition
::It's an old car but it's still in good nick.
[C] a very small cut made on the edge or surface of something
the nick
BrE informal a police station