nicking

6 definitions • 8 examples

present participle of

to steal something:

I've had my bike nicked again.

All right, who's nicked my ruler?

If the police nick someone, they catch them for committing a crime:

nick someone for doing something They nicked him for driving at 70 in a 50 speed limit area.

to cheat someone or to charge someone too much money:

$50 for a meal like that - we were nicked!

be nicked for something If your bank account balance falls below the minimum, you'll be nicked for a $5 service charge.

to make a small cut in a surface or an edge:

Paintwork on the corner of a stairway tends to get nicked and scratched.

in cricket, to hit the ball by mistake with the edge of the bat (= a specially shaped piece of wood used for hitting the ball):

After some stout defence, he nicked a good ball to first slip.

She nicked it but the ball fell short of the slips and ran away for four.