nicker
/ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/
nicker noun: pound sterling.
Noun (1)
nicker (plural nicker)
- Pound sterling.
- This coat cost me 50 nicker.
- Seems? Well, this seems to be a waste of my time. That is 900 nicker in any shop you're lucky enough to find one in. And you're complaining about 200? What school of finance did you study?1998, Guy Ritchie, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (motion picture), spoken by Tom (Jason Flemyng)
- Synonyms:
- pound, pound sterling, quid, sov
Noun (2)
nicker (plural nickers)
Verb (1)
nicker (third-person singular simple present nickers, present participle nickering, simple past and past participle nickered)
- To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
- Behind him, old Akthoob was grumbling loudly, saying something about the midday meal, and Haral, the black Feridoon pony, snuffing in the old, familiar scent of the green meadows of the Chaya's banks, the warm sweet smells of home, was nickering eagerly.1971, Lin Carter, The Quest of Kadji, Wildside Press, published 1999, page 187
- "Nasrullah's nickerin’, Mr. Arthur. Somethin's wrong."
"Hell, he's nickered before. He nickers all the time!"
Robinson and Snow looked at each other, saying nothing for a moment, and finally Snow told Hancock that Nasrullah never nickered in the paddock.1988, William Nack, Secretariat: The Making of a Champion, Da Capo Press, published 2002, page 58
- To produce a snigger or suppressed laugh.
Noun (3)
nicker (plural nickers)
- One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.
- your modern musicians want art to defend their windows from common nickers1713-1714, John Arbuthnot, Memoirs of Martin Scriblerus
- The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.
- Someone who nicks (steals) something, a thief.
- He […] was far more interested in the fact that I was a car thief and an expert driver than that I was a bandit. […] Car nicker, are you?1934, Eddie Browne, Road Pirate: The Confessions of a Motor Bandit, page 141
Verb (2)
nicker (third-person singular simple present nickers, present participle nickering, simple past and past participle nickered)
Noun (4)
nicker (plural nickers)
- A type of mythological sea creature or sea monster; also, a water sprite; a nix or nixie; a mermaid or merman.
- And in another tale, told at Kemnitz of the Nicker, as he is there called, when he asks the midwife how much he owes her, she answers that she will take no more from him than from other people.1891, Edwin Sidney Hartland, The Science of Fairy Tales, page 48
- Hippopotamus.
Noun (5)
nicker (plural nickers)
nicker meaning in Urdu
nicker in Urdu
- دندانہ, نشان بنانے والا, ہنسی, لٹیرا, قہقہہ, اچکا
Synonyms of nicker
Forms of nicker
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nicker |
| plural | nickers |
| alternative form | nikker |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | nickers |
| present participle | nickering |
| past participle | nickered |
| past | nickered |
| alternative form | nicher |
| alternative form | nigher |
Origin of nicker
Imitative; from 1774.
From nick + -er.
From Middle English niker, from Old English nicor, from Proto-Germanic *nikraz. Cognate with German Nix (“water demon”) and German Nixe (“female water-spirit”); also related to Old Norse nykr (“water demon”) (see there for further descendants). Doublet of nix.
Words formed from nicker
Phrases with nicker
Words that rhyme with nicker
Questions about nicker
- What does nicker mean?
- Nicker means pound sterling.
- What is nicker in Urdu?
- Nicker in Urdu is دندانہ, نشان بنانے والا, ہنسی. See Nicker meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is nicker?
- Nicker can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce nicker?
- Nicker is pronounced /ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of nicker?
- The plural of nicker is nicker.
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