Nick
Nick is a masculine given name. It is also often encountered as a short form (hypocorism) of the given names Nicholas, Nicola, Nicolas or Nikola. It may refer to:
Scratch (verb)
To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
“Could you please scratch my back?”
Scratch (verb)
To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation.
“I don’t like that new scarf because it scratches my neck.”
Scratch (verb)
To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
“A real diamond can easily scratch a pane of glass.”
Scratch (verb)
To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
Scratch (verb)
For a man, when kissing someone, to irritate the skin of that person with one’s unshaven beard.
Scratch (verb)
To produce a distinctive sound on a scratching).
Scratch (verb)
To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
“Embarrassingly, he scratched on the break, popping the cue completely off the table.”
Scratch (verb)
To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
Scratch (verb)
To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.
Scratch (verb)
To dig or excavate with the claws.
“Some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.”
Scratch (verb)
To dig or scrape (a person’s skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
“The cat scratched the little girl because she was playing with it too hard.”
Scratch (noun)
A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
“I can’t believe there is a scratch in the paint already.”
“Her skin was covered with tiny scratches.”
Scratch (noun)
An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
“The dog sat up and had a good scratch.”
Scratch (noun)
Money.
Scratch (noun)
A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
Scratch (noun)
Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
Scratch (noun)
A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
Scratch (noun)
A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
Scratch (adjective)
For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
“This is scratch paper, so go ahead and scribble whatever you want on it.”
Scratch (adjective)
Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
Scratch (adjective)
Relating to a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
Scratch (adjective)
(of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
Nick (noun)
A cut in a surface.
Nick (noun)
A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
“in the nick of time”
Nick (noun)
Senses connoting something small.
Nick (noun)
A notch cut shank of a type, to assist a placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
Nick (noun)
A small ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the catch.
Nick (noun)
One of the segments produced during nick translation.
Nick (noun)
In the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
“The car I bought was cheap and in good nick.”
Nick (noun)
A station or prison.
“He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged.”
“He’s just been released from Shadwell nick [prison] after doing ten years for attempted murder.”
Nick (noun)
clipping of nickname
“a user’s reserved nick on an IRC network”
Nick (noun)
A nix or water]] spirit.
Nick (verb)
To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
“I nicked myself while I was shaving.”
Nick (verb)
To make ragged or mar.
Nick (verb)
To suit, as by a tally with.
Nick (verb)
To make a cuts on the tail of a horse, in order to make the carry it higher).
Nick (verb)
To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch strike at the time.
Nick (verb)
To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.
Nick (verb)
To steal.
“Someone’s nicked my bike!”
Nick (verb)
To arrest.
“The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he’d broken into.”
Nick (verb)
To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.
Scratch (verb)
score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object
“he scratched at a stain on his jacket”
“the car’s paintwork was battered and scratched”
Scratch (verb)
make a long, narrow superficial wound in the skin of
“her arms were scratched by the thorns”
“I scratched myself on the tree”
Scratch (verb)
rub (a part of one’s body) with one’s fingernails to relieve itching
“Jessica lifted her sunglasses and scratched her nose”
Scratch (verb)
make (a mark or hole) by scoring a surface with a sharp or pointed object
“I found two names scratched on one of the windowpanes”
Scratch (verb)
write (something) hurriedly or awkwardly.
Scratch (verb)
remove (something) from something else by pulling a sharp implement over it
“he scratched away the plaster”
Scratch (verb)
make a rasping or grating noise by scraping something over a hard surface
“the dog scratched to be let in”
Scratch (verb)
(of a bird or mammal, especially a chicken) rake the ground with the beak or claws in search of food
“the hens cannot do anything that comes naturally to them, such as scratch around”
Scratch (verb)
search for (someone or something that is hard to locate or find)
“he’s still scratching around for a woman to share his life”
Scratch (verb)
accomplish (something) with great effort or difficulty
“Tabitha wondered how long the woman had been scratching a living on the waterways”
Scratch (verb)
make a living with difficulty
“many architects now scratch along doing loft conversions”
Scratch (verb)
cancel or strike out (writing) with a pen or pencil
“the name of Dr McNab was scratched out and that of Dr Dunstaple substituted”
Scratch (verb)
withdraw (a competitor) from a competition
“Jolie’s Halo was scratched from a minor stakes race at Monmouth Park”
Scratch (verb)
(of a competitor) withdraw from a competition
“due to a knee injury she was forced to scratch from the race”
Scratch (verb)
cancel or abandon (an undertaking or project)
“banks seem prepared to scratch stabilization charges”
Scratch (verb)
play a record using the scratch technique.
“he raps and scratches simultaneously to dazzling effect”
Scratch (noun)
a mark or wound made by scratching
“the scratches on her arm were throbbing”
Scratch (noun)
a slight or insignificant wound or injury
“it’s nothing—just a scratch”
Scratch (noun)
an act or spell of scratching oneself to relieve itching
“he gave his scalp a good scratch”
Scratch (noun)
a rasping or grating noise produced by something rubbing against a hard surface
“the scratch of a match lighting a cigarette”
Scratch (noun)
a rough hiss, caused by the friction of the stylus in the groove, heard when a record is played.
Scratch (noun)
a technique, used especially in rap music, of stopping a record by hand and moving it back and forwards to give a rhythmic scratching effect
“a scratch mix”
Scratch (noun)
(in sport) the starting point in a race for a competitor that is not given a handicap or advantage
“a 631-metres handicap, when the excellent stayer, Too Fast, will be off scratch”
Scratch (noun)
a handicap of zero, indicating that a player is good enough to achieve par on a course
“he plays off scratch in University golf”
Scratch (noun)
money
“he was working to get some scratch together”
Scratch (adjective)
assembled or made from whatever is available, and so unlikely to be of the highest quality
“City were fielding a scratch squad”
Scratch (adjective)
(of a sports competitor or event) with no handicap given
“he was a scratch player at many courses”
Nick (noun)
a small cut or notch
“a small nick on his wrist”
Nick (noun)
prison
“he’ll end up in the nick for the rest of his life”
Nick (noun)
a police station
“he was being fingerprinted in the nick”
Nick (noun)
the junction between the floor and side walls in a squash court or real tennis court.
Nick (verb)
make a nick or nicks in
“he had nicked himself while shaving”
Nick (verb)
steal
“she nicked fivers from the till”
Nick (verb)
cheat someone of (a sum of money)
“banks will be nicked for an extra $40 million”
Nick (verb)
arrest (someone)
“Stuart and Dan got nicked for burglary”
Nick (verb)
go quickly or surreptitiously
“they nicked across the road”
Nick (verb)
depart; go away
“I got up and got dressed and nicked off”