nick
English
/nɪk/
noun
Definitions
- A small cut in a surface.
- (Britain) Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
- (Britain) A police station or prison.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nik (tally, nock of an arrow, notch).
Origin
Middle English
nik
Gloss
tally, nock of an arrow, notch
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nickable English
- nickase English
- nicked English
- notch English
- notchback English
- notchboard English
- notcher English
- notchless English
- notchweed English
- notchy English
- oche English
- topnotcher English
- unnicked English
- abknicken German
- einknicken German
- einnicken German
- knicken German
- knickern German
- nicken German
- nikke Norwegian Bokmål
- nick Swedish
- nicka Swedish
- nikka Norwegian Nynorsk
- nik Middle English
- nikke Danish
- nikka Faroese
- oche Middle French
- nicken Middle Low German