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nickings

nickings is the plural of nicking.

Meaning of nicking

Noun

nicking (plural nickings)

  1. A small cut or nick.
    • The physicians sounded a warning about shaving among both men and women who have pigmented moles on the skin. Such moles, they cautioned, should never be irritated by repeated nickings.1961, Life, volume 50, number 20, page 15
  2. The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
    Synonyms:
    prickings

Noun

nickings pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Small coal produced during cutting at the side of the coalface.

Origin of nickings

From nicking + -s.

Questions about nickings

What does nickings mean?
Nickings means small coal produced during cutting at the side of the coalface.
What is nickings the plural of?
Nickings is the plural of nicking.
What part of speech is nickings?
Nickings is a noun.

Words near nickings in the dictionary

  1. Nickie-ben
  2. nickin'
  3. nicking
  4. nicking off
  5. nicking up
  6. nickings
  7. Nickisson
  8. nickle
  9. Nickleberry
  10. Nickleby
  11. nickles

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