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, adjectiveWords nearby nick
nicholson,
nichrome,
nicht,
nicht wahr,
nicias,
nick,
nick-nack,
nickel,
nickel acetate,
nickel belt ,
nickel bloom
British Dictionary definitions for in the nick of time (1 of 2)
nick
1
/ (nɪk) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for nick
C15: perhaps changed from C14
nocke
nock
British Dictionary definitions for in the nick of time (2 of 2)
nick
2
/ (nɪk) /
noun
computing
an alias adopted by a member of a chatroom or forum; nickname
Word Origin for nick
short for
nickname
Idioms and Phrases with in the nick of time (1 of 2)
in the nick of time
Also, just in time. At the last moment, as in The police arrived in the nick of time, or He got there just in time for dinner. The first term began life as in the nick and dates from the 1500s, when nick meant “the critical moment” (a meaning now obsolete). The second employs just in the sense of “precisely” or “closely,” a usage applied to time since the 1500s. Also see in time, def. 1.
Idioms and Phrases with in the nick of time (2 of 2)
nick
see in the nick of time.