Nicks

a small cut or notch.
a small nick on his wrist
prison.
he'll end up in the nick for the rest of his life
the junction between the floor and side walls in a squash court or real tennis court.

verb, 3rd person present

make a nick or nicks in.
he had nicked himself while shaving
steal.
she nicked fivers from the till
arrest (someone).
Stuart and Dan got nicked for burglary

late Middle English: of unknown origin.

verb, 3rd person present

go quickly or surreptitiously.
they nicked across the road

late 19th century: probably a figurative use of nick¹ in the sense ‘to steal’.

The singular form of Nicks is: Nick.
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Nicks is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

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Meaning a long, narrow incision in the skin made by something sharp:

Meaning a mark or wound made by scratching:

Meaning the process of scraping or wearing something away:

Meaning a mark or decoration cut into a surface:

Meaning a small notch or cut:

Meaning an act or sound of scraping:

Meaning a nick made on something in order to keep a score or record:

Meaning a hole or mark on a hard object or surface where a small piece has broken off:

Meaning a notch or line cut or scratched into a surface:

Meaning a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery:

Meaning a long, deep cut or wound:

Meaning a slight hollow in a hard even surface made by a blow or pressure:

Meaning a deep recess or notch on the edge or surface of something:

Meaning a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object:

Meaning a small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt:

Meaning a small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something:

Meaning a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack:

Meaning a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial:

Meaning a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime:

Meaning a building used to accommodate a military guard or to detain military prisoners:

Meaning a prison for people convicted of serious crimes:

Meaning a prison:

Meaning a barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defence against attack or as a means of confining animals:

Meaning the inner side or surface of something:

Meaning a slight physical movement:

Meaning a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, a beak, and typically by being able to fly:

Meaning prison:

Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):

Meaning a railway locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable:

Meaning a custodial institution for young offenders:

Meaning a prison or reform school for petty offenders:

Meaning a roadside kiosk where drivers or pedestrians must pay to use a bridge or road:

Meaning an institution to which young offenders are sent as an alternative to prison:

Meaning scrape or wear away by friction or erosion:

Meaning mark or decorate (an object or surface) with a cut or cuts:

Meaning take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it:

Meaning steal (something):

Meaning be a thief; steal something:

Meaning dispossess someone of (something); steal or illicitly remove:

Meaning steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot:

Meaning steal (things of little value):

Meaning take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission:

Meaning consider something theoretically or separately from (something else):

Meaning steal goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer:

Meaning steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works):

Meaning dishonestly or unfairly take (something, especially money, belonging to another) for one's own use:

Meaning steal:

Meaning catch (someone) doing something wrong:

Meaning raise to a higher position or level:

Meaning set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression:

Meaning pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way:

Meaning take (something) for oneself, typically quickly or without permission:

Meaning take as a memento:

Meaning grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb:

Meaning seize or accost (someone):

Meaning remove the bones from (meat or fish) before cooking, serving, or selling:

Meaning steal (fruit) from an orchard or garden:

Meaning manage to obtain (something) by using persuasion or guile:

Meaning steal; grab:

Meaning steal or take without permission:

Meaning copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement:

Meaning attach or fasten with a hook or hooks:

Meaning embezzle or steal (money, especially public funds):

Meaning embezzle (funds with which one has been entrusted):

Meaning move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once:

Meaning seize (someone) by legal authority and take them into custody:

Meaning arrest (someone) for a crime:

Meaning take hold of suddenly and forcibly:

Meaning officially seize and hold (goods):

Meaning catch or arrest (an offender):

Meaning a woman's chest as measured around her breasts:

Meaning detect or catch (someone, especially a suspected criminal):

Meaning perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified):

Meaning seize or apprehend (someone):