Nick – Informal British English
The word NICK has different meanings in British English and it is always informal and slang.
Below we have included some of its uses:
To nick is also an informal way of staying To steal in British English
- Who nicked my pen? = Who stole my pen?
In good nick / in bad nick = in good (or bad) health or condition (Informal British English)
- She’s in pretty good nick for an eighty-year-old.
- Your bike is in bad nick, you should buy another one.
The nick also means jail, prison, police station (cell).
- He spent last night in the nick.
See also the English Idiom In the nick of time
Have you had anything nicked from you?