nick
/nɪk/
muesca, robar
📚 Meanings
- 1.
Un pequeño corte, marca o rasguño en una superficie u objeto.
"Hay un pequeño rasguño en la puerta del coche nuevo."
- 2.
El momento exacto o crítico, especialmente cuando se usa en la frase 'in the nick of time' para significar justo a tiempo.
"Ella logró tomar el tren justo a tiempo."
- 1.
Hacer un pequeño corte o muesca en (algo); cortar o herir ligeramente y sin intención.
"Accidentalmente me hice un pequeño corte en el dedo con el cuchillo."
- 2.
(Informal, principalmente inglés británico) Robar (algo); arrestar (a alguien).
"Alguien intentó robar mi cartera."
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Be careful not to nick the paint on the wall.
벽 페인트에 흠집 내지 않도록 조심하세요.
The ambulance arrived in the nick of time to save him.
구급차가 아슬아슬하게 제때 도착하여 그를 구했다.
He was nicked for shoplifting.
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