Nick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nicked p. pr. & vb. n. Nicking.]
 1. To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.
 2. To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to create a nick2 in, deliberately or accidentally; as, to nick the rim of a teacup.
    And thence proceed to nicking sashes.   --Prior.
 The itch of his affection should not then
 Have nicked his captainship.   --Shak.
 3. To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
    Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations.   --Camden.
 4. To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
    The just season of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved.   --L'Estrange.
 5. To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry it higher).