nick

(transitive)To make a cut at the side of the face.

To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.

(rare, transitive)To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).

(obsolete, transitive)To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.

To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.

(figuratively, obsolete, sometimes, transitive)To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.

(obsolete, transitive)To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.

(obsolete, transitive)To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.

(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, transitive)To arrest.

The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he’d broken into.

(obsolete, transitive)To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.