nicking
Meaning of nicking
verb
- To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
I nicked myself while I was shaving.
- To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
- To make a cut at the side of the face.
- To steal.
Someone’s nicked my bike!
- (law enforcement) To arrest.
The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he’d broken into.
verb
To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.
noun
The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
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Hyphenation of nicking
nick-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- nicking is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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