EGAVE

nicker

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Pound sterling.
    This coat cost me 50 nicker.
  2. noun A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
  3. noun A snigger or suppressed laugh.
  4. verb To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
  5. verb To produce a snigger or suppressed laugh.
  6. noun One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.
  7. noun The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.
  8. noun Someone who nicks (steals) something, a thief.

Similar words

neigh whinny whicker nickar nickel knickies nickar nut plug nickel nickernut alan whicker

Often followed by

of and in son from to noise as is

Word family

nickered nickering nickers

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