nick

Noun

• a small cut

• (British slang) a prison
  • he's in the nick
    

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

Verb

• mate successfully; of livestock

• divide or reset the tail muscles of
  • nick horses
    

• cut a nick into

• cut slightly, with a razor
  • The barber's knife nicked his cheek
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  notch , snick , dent , ding , gouge , chip