<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.</li><li>A hollow place produced in an edge or surface, as of a dish, by breaking, chipping, or the like.</li><li>A small dent or wound.</li><li>A small groove on one side of the shank of a printing type, serving as a guide in setting or to distinguish different types.</li><li>Biochemistry: a break in one strand of a double-stranded DNA or RNA molecule.</li><li>British Slang: prison.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) to cut into or through; to hit or injure slightly.</li><li>To make a nick or nicks in (something); notch, groove, or chip.</li><li>To record by means of a notch or notches.</li><li>To hit, guess, catch, etc., exactly.</li><li>Slang: to trick, cheat, or defraud.</li><li>British Slang: to arrest (a criminal or suspect); to capture; nab; to steal.</li></ul>