nicking

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Verb

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nicking

  1. present participle and gerund of nick

Noun

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nicking (plural nickings)

  1. A small cut or nick.
    • 1961, Life, volume 50, number 20, page 15:
      The physicians sounded a warning about shaving among both men and women who have pigmented moles on the skin. Such moles, they cautioned, should never be irritated by repeated nickings.
  2. (mining) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
    Synonym: prickings