Nick
WordNet
noun
(1) A small cut
(2) (British slang) a prison
"He's in the nick"
(3) An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
verb
(4) Mate successfully; of livestock
(5) Divide or reset the tail muscles of
"Nick horses"
(6) Cut a nick into
(7) Cut slightly, with a razor
"The barber's knife nicked his cheek"
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