Meaning & use
Nicking
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Making a small cut or notch in something, or, informally in British English, stealing something.
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He was nicking the edge of the wood with a chisel to mark where to cut.
Someone's been nicking bikes from outside the station all month.
A note on using this word
The informal British sense of "nicking" meaning "stealing" also gives rise to "nicked," used to mean "arrested," as in "he got nicked by the police."
Words with a similar meaning
chippingstealing
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