Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of cutting nicks or notches; specifically, the operation of cutting tbe depressor or lateral muscles of the tail of a horse, for the purpose of either elevating or straightening it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
- noun Small coal produced in making the nicking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
nick . - noun mining The
cutting made by thehewer at the side of theface .
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Examples
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He gets the idea nicking's easy ... skedaddles down here, meets up with the likes of Bob Dawson, and Dick Weldon, and reckons Dorset folk have sawdust between their ears.
Fox Evil Walters, Minette 2002
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The organization classifies FGM into four types, ranging in severity, with Type IV as procedures to female genitalia for non-medical purposes, such as the "nicking" that the AAP is now suggesting US pediatricians contemplate performing on certain girls to satisfy their parents 'traditional customs.
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The organization classifies FGM into four types, ranging in severity, with Type IV as procedures to female genitalia for non-medical purposes, such as the "nicking" that the AAP is now suggesting US pediatricians contemplate performing on certain girls to satisfy their parents 'traditional customs.
Taina Bien-Aime: First Do No Harm Taina Bien-Aime 2010
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I just don't see why "nicking" isn't a very reasonable compromise, which might avoid a better chance that they wouldn't undergo a more brutal form of genital cutting/mutilation/etc ...
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The AAP's casual comparison of "nicking" of girls 'genitalia to ear piercing demonstrates just how far from the international framework the organisation currently stands.
The Guardian World News Lakshmi Anantnarayan 2010
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Eddy Grant yesterday accused Gorillaz of "nicking" the music from his anthemic dance classic, "Time Warp", for their latest single, "Stylo", which features on their album Plastic Beach, currently at number two in the UK album charts,
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What in heaven's name is 'nicking' .. what precisely is nicked?
The Guardian World News Lakshmi Anantnarayan 2010
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What in heaven's name is 'nicking' .. what precisely is nicked?
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The AAP's casual comparison of "nicking" of girls 'genitalia to ear piercing demonstrates just how far from the international framework the organisation currently stands.
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I just don't see why "nicking" isn't a very reasonable compromise, which might avoid a better chance that they wouldn't undergo a more brutal form of genital cutting/mutilation/etc ...
The Guardian World News Lakshmi Anantnarayan 2010
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