different between nick vs blaze

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /n?k/
• Homophone: Nick
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Late Middle English nik (“notch, tally; nock of an arrow”). Its further etymology is unknown; a connection with nock (“notch in a bow to hold the bowstring; notch at the rear of an arrow that fits the bowstring; cleft in the buttocks”) has not been clearly established.

The verb appears to be derived from the noun, though the available evidence shows that some of the verb senses predate the noun senses. No connection with words in Germanic languages such as Danish nikke (“to nod”), Middle Dutch nicken (“to bend; to bow”) (modern Dutch knikken (“to nod”)), Middle Low German nicken (“to bend over; to sink”), Middle High German nicken (“to bend; to depress”) (modern German nicken (“to nod”)), Middle Low German knicken (“to bend; to snap”) (modern German knicken (“to bend; to break”), Old Frisian hnekka (“to nod”), and Swedish nicka (“to nod”), has been clearly established.

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

1. A small cut in a surface.
   1. (now rare) A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
   2. (printing, dated) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
2. Senses connoting something small.
   1. (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
   2. (genetics) One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
   3. (real tennis, squash (sport), racquetball) The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
3. (Britain, New Zealand, slang) Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
4. (Britain, law enforcement, slang) A police station or prison.

Derived terms

• in the nick of time

Translations

Verb

nick (third-person singular simple present nicks, present participle nicking, simple past and past participle nicked)

1. (transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
   1. (transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
   2. (transitive, rare) To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).
2. (transitive, obsolete) To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
   1. (transitive) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
   2. (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.
   3. (transitive, gaming) To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.
3. (transitive, mining) To make a cut at the side of the face.
4. (transitive, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To steal.
5. (transitive, Britain, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.

Derived terms

• nicker
• nicking (noun)

Translations

Etymology 2

From nick(name).

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

1. (Internet) Clipping of nickname.

Verb

nick (third-person singular simple present nicks, present participle nicking, simple past and past participle nicked)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

Etymology 3

A variant of nix or nixie.

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

1. (archaic) A nix or nixie (“water spirit”).

References

Further reading

• nick (DNA) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• nick (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CKIN

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Verb

nick

1. singular imperative of nicken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of nicken

Kashubian

Pronoun

nick

1. nothing

Polish

Etymology

From English nick(name).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ik/

Noun

nick m inan

1. (Internet) nickname (familiar, invented given name)

Declension

Further reading

• nick in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• nick in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nick c

1. nod (movement of the head to indicate agreement)
2. header (in football)

Declension

Synonyms

• (header):: nickning c
• (nod):: nickning c

Derived terms

• nickedocka
• nicka
• nicka till

Etymology 2

From the English nickname

Noun

nick n

1. (slang) nick, nickname

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ble?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z

Etymology 1

From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-Germanic *blas? (“torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to shine, be white”). Cognate with Low German blas (“burning candle, torch, fire”), Middle High German blas (“candle, torch, flame”). Compare Dutch bles (“blaze”), German Blesse (“blaze, mark on an animal's forehead”), Swedish bläs (“blaze”).

Noun

blaze (plural blazes)

1. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

   • Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, […].

2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
3. The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.

4. A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
5. A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst.
6. A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
7. (poker) A hand consisting of five face cards.

Derived terms

• ablaze
• blazen

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English blasen, from Middle English blase (“torch”). See above.

Verb

blaze (third-person singular simple present blazes, present participle blazing, simple past and past participle blazed)

1. (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.

2. (intransitive) To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
   • 1793, William Wordsworth, Descriptive Sketches

     And far and wide the icy summit blaze.
3. (intransitive, poetic) To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
4. (transitive, rare) To set in a blaze; burn.
5. (transitive) To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
6. (transitive, only in the past participle) To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
7. (transitive) To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
8. (transitive) To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.

9. (transitive, figuratively) To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.

10. (figuratively) To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
    • 1929, Reginald Charles Barker, The Hair-trigger Brand (page 160)

      "I'll die before I let my grandad pay you that much money!" blazed the girl.

11. (slang) To smoke marijuana.

Related terms

• ablaze
• blaze a trail

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English blasen (“to blow”), from Old English *bl?san, from Proto-Germanic *bl?san? (“to blow”). Related to English blast.

Verb

blaze (third-person singular simple present blazes, present participle blazing, simple past and past participle blazed)

1. (transitive) To blow, as from a trumpet
2. (transitive) To publish; announce publicly
3. (transitive) To disclose; bewray; defame
4. (transitive, heraldry) To blazon

Noun

blaze (plural blazes)

1. Publication; the act of spreading widely by report

References

• blaze at OneLook Dictionary Search
• blaze in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Elbaz

Czech

Etymology

From blahý +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?blaz?]
• Rhymes: -az?
• Hyphenation: bla?ze

Adverb

blaze (comparative blažeji, superlative nejblažeji)

1. blissfully, happily

Related terms

• blažen?
• š?astn?
• mile

Related terms

Further reading

• blaze in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• blaze in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bla?z?]

Verb

blaze

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of blazen

Anagrams

• bazel

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *bl?sa, from Proto-West Germanic *bl?san, from Proto-Germanic *bl?san?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?blaz?/

Verb

blaze

1. to blow

Inflection

Further reading

• “blaze (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Alternative forms

• bleaze

Etymology

From Middle English blase, from Old English blase.

Noun

blaze

1. faggot

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN