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nick
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)
- A small cut in a surface.
- (now rare) A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
- (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.
- (now rare) A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
- Senses connoting something small.
- (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
- (genetics) One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
- (real tennis, squash (sport), racquetball) The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
- (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
- (Britain, New Zealand, slang) Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
- (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)
- (transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
- (transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
- (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).
- (transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
- (transitive, obsolete) To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
- (transitive) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
- (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.
- (transitive, gaming) To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.
- (transitive) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
- (transitive, mining) To make a cut at the side of the face.
- (transitive, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To steal.
- (transitive, Britain, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.
Derived terms
- nicker
- nicking (noun)
Translations
Etymology 2
From nick(name).
Noun
nick (plural nicks)
- (Internet) Clipping of nickname.
Verb
nick (third-person singular simple present nicks, present participle nicking, simple past and past participle nicked)
- (transitive, obsolete) To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.
Etymology 3
A variant of nix or nixie.
Noun
nick (plural nicks)
- (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
- singular imperative of nicken
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of nicken
Kashubian
Pronoun
nick
- nothing
Polish
Etymology
From English nick(name).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ik/
Noun
nick m inan
- (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
- nod (movement of the head to indicate agreement)
- 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
- (slang) nick, nickname
Declension
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mince
English
Alternative forms
- minse (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English mincen, minsen; partly from Old English minsian, ?eminsian (“to make less, make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-Germanic *minnis?n? (“to make less”); partly from Old French mincer, mincier (“to cut into small pieces”), from mince (“slender, slight, puny”), from Frankish *minsto, *minnisto, superlative of *min, *minn (“small, less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”); both from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Old Saxon mins?n (“to make less, make smaller”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (minznan, “to become less, diminish”), Swedish minska (“to reduce, lessen”), Gothic ???????????????? (mins, “slender, slight”). More at min.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
- Homophone: mints
Noun
mince (countable and uncountable, plural minces)
- (uncountable) Finely chopped meat.
- Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato.
- (uncountable) Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
- During Christmas time my dad loves to eat mince pies.
- (countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
- 2010, Tom Zoellner, Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World:
- His skin was china pale, he walked with a slight mince, and his silver mustache was always trimmed sharp; it was his custom to send a bouquet of pink carnations to the wives of men with whom he dined.
- 2010, Tom Zoellner, Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World:
- (countable) An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
- 1928, R. M. Pope, in The Education Outlook, volume 80, page 285:
- And, further, who has not heard what someone has christened the "Oxford" mince, where every consonant is mispronounced and every vowel gets a wrong value?
- 2008, Opie Read, The Colossus, page 95:
- [...] a smiling man, portly and impressive, coming toward them with a dignified mince in his walk.
- 1928, R. M. Pope, in The Education Outlook, volume 80, page 285:
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, chiefly in the plural) An eye (from mince pie).
Quotations
- 1849, Herman Melville, Mardi, and a Voyage Thither:
- Not, — let me hurry to say, — that I put hand in tar bucket with a squeamish air, or ascended the rigging with a Chesterfieldian mince.
Translations
Verb
mince (third-person singular simple present minces, present participle mincing, simple past and past participle minced)
- (transitive) To make less; make small.
- (transitive) To lessen; diminish; to diminish in speaking; speak of lightly or slightingly; minimise.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:diminish
- (transitive, rare) To effect mincingly.
- (transitive, cooking) To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine.
- (archaic, transitive, figuratively) To suppress or weaken the force of
- Synonyms: extenuate, palliate, weaken
- 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Friar, or the Double Discovery
- Siren, now mince the sin, / And mollify damnation with a phrase.
- To say or utter vaguely, not directly or frankly
- (transitive) To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
- 1869, Alexander J. Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation, with special reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer, part 1, page 194:
- In some districts of England ll is sounded like w, thus bowd (booud) for BOLD, bw (buu) for BULL, caw (kau) for CALL. But this pronunciation is merely a provincialism, and not to be imitated unless you wish to mince like these blunderers.
- 1905, George Henderson, The Gaelic Dialects, IV, in the Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, published by Kuno Meyer and L. Chr. Stern, volume 5, page 98:
- One may hear some speakers in Oxford mince brother into brover (brëvë); Bath into Baf; both into bof.
- 1869, Alexander J. Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation, with special reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer, part 1, page 194:
- (intransitive) To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
- At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.
- 1769, King James Bible, Isaiah 3:16
- The daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, mincing as they go.
- (intransitive) To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
Usage notes
Current usage in the sense of “say or utter vaguely” is mostly limited to the phrase “mince words”; e.g., “I won't mince words with you”.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- mince in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Münze.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?nt?s?/
- Rhymes: -?nts?
Noun
mince f
- coin
- Synonyms: peníz, moneta
- Hyponyms: m??ák, st?íbr?ák, zla?ák
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- mince in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- mince in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Derived from the verb mincer, from Old French mincier, from Vulgar Latin *min?ti?re (cf. also menuiser), from Latin min?tia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??s/
Adjective
mince (plural minces)
- thin, slim, slender
Derived terms
- amincir
- minceur
- mincir
Interjection
mince
- drat!, darn!
- wow!, blimey!
Further reading
- “mince” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Noun
mince f
- genitive singular of minc (“mink”)
Mutation
Slovak
Noun
mince
- inflection of minca:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
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