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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.
Idioms for nick
in the nick of time, at the right or vital moment, usually at the last possible moment: The fire engines arrived in the nick of time.
Origin of nick
1475–85; obscurely akin to Old English gehnycned wrinkled, Old Norse hnykla to wrinkle
OTHER WORDS FROM nick
un·nicked, adjectiveDefinition for nick (2 of 2)
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British Dictionary definitions for nick (1 of 2)
nick1
/ (nɪk) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for nick
C15: perhaps changed from C14 nocke nock
British Dictionary definitions for nick (2 of 2)
nick2
/ (nɪk) /
noun
computing an alias adopted by a member of a chatroom or forum; nickname
Word Origin for nick
short for nickname
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Idioms and Phrases with nick
nick
see in the nick of time.
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