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necker
English
Etymology 1
neck +? -er, from the verb.
Noun
necker (plural neckers)
- Someone who kisses; a kisser.
- 1931, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Big Money', Herbert Jenkins: London, page 195.
- "A nice girl like you! A girl who has always prided herself on her fastidiousness. A girl who could never understand how other girls in her set could make themselves cheap and let themselves be pawed about—Ugh!" said Conscience witheringly. "Necker!"
- Ann shuddered.
- "Yes, Necker!...
- 2008, Don Malarkey, Bob Welch, Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II
- We all ate at the Liberty Grill, and then Bernice and I drove her family's Pontiac upriver, to a hill overlooking Tongue Point, where plenty of neckers were fogging up the windows.
- 1931, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Big Money', Herbert Jenkins: London, page 195.
Etymology 2
neck +? -er, from the noun.
Noun
necker (plural neckers)
- (especially in compounds) Someone or something with a certain type of neck.
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nicker
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?k?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?k?(r)
- Homophone: knicker; nikka (in non-rhotic accents)
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
nicker (plural nicker)
- (Britain, slang) Pound sterling.
Synonyms
- (pound sterling): pound (standard), pound sterling (standard), quid (slang), sov (slang)
Derived terms
- Alan Whicker
Etymology 2
Imitative; from 1774.
Noun
nicker (plural nickers)
- A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
- A snigger or suppressed laugh.
Verb
nicker (third-person singular simple present nickers, present participle nickering, simple past and past participle nickered)
- To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
- 1971, Lin Carter, The Quest of Kadji, 1999, Wildside Press, page 187,
- Behind him, old Akthoob was grumbling loudly, saying something about the midday meal, and Haral, the black Feridoon pony, snuffing in the old, familiar scent of the green meadows of the Chaya's banks, the warm sweet smells of home, was nickering eagerly.
- 1988, William Nack, Secretariat: The Making of a Champion, 2002, Da Capo Press, page 58,
- "Nasrullah's nickerin’, Mr. Arthur. Somethin's wrong."
- "Hell, he's nickered before. He nickers all the time!"
- Robinson and Snow looked at each other, saying nothing for a moment, and finally Snow told Hancock that Nasrullah never nickered in the paddock.
- 2012, Jim Campbell, Bobcat, Xlibris, page 21,
- After a few minutes, the mare walked over and nickered loudly in his ear, and he immediately got to his feet and stripped the gear from the waiting horse.
- 1971, Lin Carter, The Quest of Kadji, 1999, Wildside Press, page 187,
- To produce a snigger or suppressed laugh.
Synonyms
- (to make a neighing sound): neigh, whinny
Translations
Etymology 3
nick +? -er
Noun
nicker (plural nickers)
- (obsolete, slang) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Arbuthnot to this entry?)
- The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.
- (informal) Someone who nicks (steals) something, a thief.
- 1934, Eddie Browne, Road Pirate: The Confessions of a Motor Bandit (page 141)
- He […] was far more interested in the fact that I was a car thief and an expert driver than that I was a bandit. […] Car nicker, are you?
- 1934, Eddie Browne, Road Pirate: The Confessions of a Motor Bandit (page 141)
Verb
nicker (third-person singular simple present nickers, present participle nickering, simple past and past participle nickered)
- (Britain, informal) To snatch or steal.
Etymology 4
From Middle English niker, from Old English nicor.
Noun
nicker (plural nickers)
- A type of mythological sea creature or sea monster; also, a water sprite; a nix or nixie; a mermaid or merman.
Anagrams
- Cernik, Kincer, Renick
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