nick
Because it is a word with a single syllable, nick is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofnick
- A small cut in a surface.
- Senses connoting something small.
- Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
Example: "The car I bought was cheap and in good nick."
- (law enforcement) A police station or prison.
Example: "He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged."
- To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
Example: "I nicked myself while I was shaving."
- To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
- To make a cut at the side of the face.
- To steal.
Example: "Someone’s nicked my bike!"
- (law enforcement) To arrest.
Example: "The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he’d broken into."
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