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nickelled

nickelled 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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Forms of nickelled

comparativemore nickelled
superlativemost nickelled

Words formed from nickelled

Phrases with nickelled

Questions about nickelled

What is nickelled the simple past and past participle of?
Nickelled is the simple past and past participle of nickel.

Words near nickelled in the dictionary

  1. nickelize
  2. nickelized
  3. nickelizes
  4. nickelizing
  5. Nickell
  6. nickelled
  7. nickelled and dimed
  8. nickelled-and-dimed
  9. nickelless
  10. nickellike
  11. nickelling

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