Definition of "nicking" []

• Present participle of nick. (verb)
• The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face. (noun)

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• "He gets the idea nicking's easy ... skedaddles down here, meets up with the likes of Bob Dawson, and Dick Weldon, and reckons Dorset folk have sawdust be­tween their ears."
• "The organization classifies FGM into four types, ranging in severity, with Type IV as procedures to female genitalia for non-medical purposes, such as the "nicking" that the AAP is now suggesting US pediatricians contemplate performing on certain girls to satisfy their parents 'traditional customs."
• "Eddy Grant yesterday accused Gorillaz of "nicking" the music from his anthemic dance classic, "Time Warp", for their latest single, "Stylo", which features on their album Plastic Beach, currently at number two in the UK album charts,"