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in the nick

in the nick prepositional phrase: naked.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Naked.
    • And the two of you weren't swimming in the nick down at Mill Dam the other day, I suppose? 'No, we weren't exactly swimming...' You still got an eyeful of her in the altogether, though, didn't you?1991, Knut Faldbakken, Insect Summer, Peter Owen Limited
    • Belinda might be sensible but could any child resist such a tale – Mrs Sangster swimming in the nick? She put on the togs, wishing these little freedoms were not denied her. They made her buttocks feel as though set in cement.2013 July 24, Maurice Gee, The Burning Boy (Penguin Award Winning Classics), Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    in the nip
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of in the nick of time.
    • “Thank ye kindly, doctor,” says he. “You came in in about the nick, I guess, for me and Hawkins. And so it’s you, Ben Gunn!” he added. “Well, you’re a nice one, to be sure.”1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

in the nick meaning in Kannada

in the nick in Kannada

ಸೆರೆಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ

Synonyms of in the nick

Questions about in the nick

What does in the nick mean?
In the nick means naked.
What is in the nick in Kannada?
In the nick in Kannada is ಸೆರೆಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ. See In the nick meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is in the nick?
In the nick is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the nick in the dictionary

  1. in the name of the law
  2. in the nature of things
  3. in the near future
  4. in the neighborhood of
  5. in the neighbourhood of
  6. in the nick
  7. in the nick of time
  8. in the nip
  9. in the nuddie
  10. in the nuddy
  11. in the nude

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