[{"word":"nicking","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I nicked myself while I was shaving."},{"definition":"To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make a cut at the side of the face.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To steal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Someone’s nicked my bike!"},{"definition":"(law enforcement) To arrest.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he’d broken into."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["pricking"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nick","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nicking"]}]