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nickeled

nickeled is the simple past and past participle of nickel.

Meaning of nickel

Verb

nickel (third-person singular simple present nickels, present participle (US) nickeling or (UK) nickelling, simple past and past participle (US) nickeled or (UK) nickelled)

  1. (transitive) To plate with nickel.
  2. (UK, World War II) To distribute airborne leaflet propaganda.
    • The 422d Bombardment Squadron extended the scope of its operations considerably in April and "attacked" Norwegian targets with the leaflet bomb. The number of cities nickeled per mission also increased until it was common for fifteen to twenty-five to be scheduled as targets for a five-plane...1948, The Army Air Forces in World War II, volume 3, Office of Air Force History, →ISBN, pages 496–497

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Phrases with nickeled

Questions about nickeled

What is nickeled the simple past and past participle of?
Nickeled is the simple past and past participle of nickel.

Words near nickeled in the dictionary

  1. nickelback
  2. nickelbacks
  3. nickelbischofite
  4. nickelbloedite
  5. nickelblödite
  6. nickeled
  7. nickeled and dimed
  8. nickeled-and-dimed
  9. nickelhexahydrite
  10. nickelic
  11. nickelide

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