nick

1. A small cut in a surface.

   (dated)A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.

2. Senses connoting something small.

   A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.

3. One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.

4. The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.

5. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial)Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.

   The car I bought was cheap and in good nick.

6. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)A police station or prison.

   He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged.

   He’s just been released from Shadwell nick [prison] after doing ten years for attempted murder.

   (British slang) a prison

7. A small cut in a surface.

   (archaic)A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.

   in the nick of time

   Schramme

   щерби́наščerbína, зазу́бринаzazúbrina

8. (archaic)A nix or nixie (“water spirit”).

1. Tom came just in the nick of time.

   Том встиг прийти якраз вчасно. — Anjy

   ruТом пришёл как раз вовремя. — heccele

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2. Tom arrived in the nick of time.

   deTom kam gerade noch rechtzeitig an. — Dani6187

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3. Tom arrived just in the nick of time.

   deTom kam gerade noch rechtzeitig an. — Dani6187

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4. The doctor arrived in the nick of time.

   ruВрач прибыл как раз вовремя. — heccele

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5. Tom got there just in the nick of time.

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