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Definitions: Nicker |
NickerNoun1. The sound made by a horse. Verb1. Characteristic of horses. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Nicker \Nick"er\, noun. [From Nick, transitive verb]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Nicker One who nicks or hits a mark exactly. Certain night-larkers, whose game was to break windows with halfpence, assumed this name in the early part of the eighteenth century. "His scattered pence the flying Nicker flings, And with the copper shower the casement rings." Gay: Trivia, iii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Occupations | Tends machine that nicks curved edges of shoe parts, such as vamps, tongues, quarters, and bindings, to facilitate folding of edges, using either of following methods: (1) Turns machine head to bring designated multiedged die into position. Positions part under die and depresses pedal that forces die downward, nicking edge; or (2) Places part on machine post against guide and presses part against reciprocating knife to nick edge. May be designated according to part nicked as Binding Nicker (boot & shoe). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: NickerSynonyms: neigh (v), whicker (v), whinny (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Nicker |
| English words defined with "nicker": Neckar nut, Nickar tree, nicker nut, nicker seed, Nicker tree, Nickle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "nicker": gear nicker ♦ nicker and breaker. (references) |
| "Nicker" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nicker" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "nicker": nicker nut ♦ nicker pecker ♦ nicker seed ♦ nicker tree. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nicker | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nicker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qesh me të madhe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | смея се сподавено, хихикам (sniggle, tehee, titter), цвиля (hinny, neigh), една лира стерлинга (smacker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | řehtat (neigh, whinny), řehtání (neigh, whinny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tolvaj (burglar, filch, larcener, larcenist, lurcher, picklock, pilferer, pincher, purloiner, scrounge, scrounger, stealer, sticky fingers, taker, thief), szarka (magpie, pie), szajrés, font sterling (pound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ickernay lirã (lira, lyre, pound, quid, shell). (various references) ржать (neigh, whicker, whinnies), хохотать. (various references) njištati (neigh, whinny). (various references) pund (lace, libra, pound, pound (£), quid, sovereign). (various references) іржати (neigh), реготати (cackle, chuckle, scream), фунт-стерлінгів, гоготати. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nicker": nickered, nickering, nickers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "nicker": dominicker, donnicker, monicker, picnicker, snicker. (additional references) | |
Words containing "nicker": dominickers, donnickers, knickerbocker, knickerbockers, knickers, monickers, picnickers, snickered, snickerer, snickerers, snickering, snickers, snickersnee, snickersnees, snickery. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "nicker" (pronounced 'Nick"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser, Amender, Amuser, Animadverter, Annealer, Annexer, Annoyer, Anointer, Another, Antiburgher, Anticoherer, Antirenter, Aper, Appeacher, Appealer, Appearer, Appeaser, Applauder, Applier, Appointer, Apposer, Appraiser, Apprehender, Apprizer, Approacher, Archer, Arraigner, Arrayer, Arrester, Arriver, Ascertainer, Asperser, Aspirer, Assailer, Assaulter, Assayer, Assenter, Asserter, Assever, Assigner, Assister, Assizer, Assumer, Assurer, Atafter, Atoner, Attacker, Attempter, Attender, Attirer, Attracter, Augmenter, Autocoherer, Autotransformer, Averter, Avoider, Avoucher, Avower, Avoyer, Awarder, Aweather, Backer, Backslider, Baiter, Baker, Ballooner, Bander, Banker, Baptizer, Barricader, Bather, Bawler, Beaker, Bearer, Beater, Becker, Bedewer, Beflower, Begrimer, Beguiler, Behither, Beholder, Belcher, Beleper, Believer, Bemoaner, Bencher, Bender, Bereaver, Beseecher, Beslaver, Besmearer, Bespeaker, Bestower, Betrayer, Bewailer, Bewitcher, Bewrayer, Binder, Birder, Biter, Blamer, Blasphemer, Blaster, Bleacher, Bleater, Bleeder, Blencher, Blender, Blesser, Blinder, Blinker, Bloater, Blockader, Bloomer, Bluffer, Blusher, Boarder, Booker, Booser, Booster, Boozer, botcher, Bounder, Bourder, Bouser, Boyer, Braiser, Brancher, Brander, Brawler, Brawner, Breaker, Breather, Breeder, Brewer, Briber, Bringer, Broacher, Broider, browser, Bruiser, Brusher, Budger, buffer, Builder, Bulker, Burgher, Burler, Burner, Burster, Buyer, Buzzer, Cajoler, Calciner, Caloyer, Campaigner, Camper, Carder, Carouser, Carper, Carver, Cashierer, Catcher, Causer, Cawker, Cementer, Champer, Charmer, Chastiser, Chaunter, Cheater, Cheerer, Cherimoyer, Chewer, Chicaner, Chider, Chimer, Chirper, Choker, Choler, Chooser, Circumscriber, Citer, Clacker, Claimer, Clamper, Clasper, Cleanser, Cleaver, Clever, Clicker, Clincher, Clinker, Clumper, Coacher, Coaster, Coaxer, Codger, Coherer, Coincider, Coiner, Colluder, Combiner, Come-outer, Comer, Comether, Commander, Commender, Commuter, Compacter, Comparer, Compiler, Complainer, Complier, Composer, Compounder, Compter, Comptroler, Computer, Concealer, Conceiver, Concluder, Concocter, Condenser, Conder, Condoler, Confeder, Confesser, Confider, Confirmer, Conformer, Confounder, Confrier, Confronter, Confuter, Conniver, Consenter, Conserver, Consoler, Conspirer, Constrainer, Constructer, Consulter, Consumer, Container, Contender, Contradicter, Contravener, Contriver, Convener, Converser, Converter, Conveyer, Cooter, Coplaner, Corer, Corrupter, Cosher, Coucher, Cougher, Courser, Courter, Cowalker, Coworker, cracker, Craker, Craver, crawler, Creeper, Crier, Crimper, Crisper, Croaker, Crocker, Crofter, Crusader, Crusher, Cryer, Culler, Curer, Curler, Curser, Curtailer, Dansker, Darer, Darner, Dasher, Dater, Dauber, Daunter, Dealer, Debaser, Debater, Debaucher, Decanter, Decayer, Deceiver, Decider, Decker, Declaimer, Declarer, Decliner, Decoherer, Decoyer, Decreer, Decrier, Defamer, Defaulter, Defender, Defenser, Defier, Defiler, Definer, Deflourer, Deflower, Deformer, Deforser, Defrauder, Defrayer, Dehorter, Dejecter, Delayer, Delighter, Deluder, Delver, Demander, Depainter, Departer, Depender, Deposer, Depraver, Depriver, Derider, Deriver, Descanter, descender, Describer, Descrier, Deserter, Deserver, Designer, Desirer, Despairer, Despiser, Despoiler, Desponder, Detailer, Detainer, Detecter, Detester. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-k-n-r" | |
-1 letter: icker, inker, nicer, reink. | |
-2 letters: cine, cire, keir, kern, kier, kine, kirn, neck, nice, nick, reck, rein, rice, rick, rink. | |
-3 letters: ern, ice, ick, ink, ire, irk, ken, kin, kir, rec, rei, rin. | |
-4 letters: en, er, in, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-k-n-r" | |
+1 letter: clinker, crinkle, nickers, recking, snicker. | |
+2 letters: chinkier, chunkier, clerking, clinkers, clunkier, crankier, creaking, crinkled, crinkles, knickers, monicker, nickered, ringneck, sickener, snickers, snickery, stricken, unsicker, wrecking. | |
+3 letters: bickering, cankering, checkrein, clinkered, cockering, corkiness, crankiest, crinklier, dackering, dickering, donnicker, finickier, freckling, greensick, interlock, knucklier, lackering, misreckon, monickers, nickering, nicknamer, nitpicker, panickier, picnicker, puckering, quickener, racketing, raincheck, reckoning, recocking, recooking, recorking, redocking, relocking, repacking, reracking, retacking, ringnecks, rocketing, rockiness, screaking, sickeners, snickered, snickerer, suckering, thickener, truckline, tuckering, unluckier, wreckings. | |
+4 letters: bracketing, bucklering, caretaking, checkering, checkreins, clinkering, crankiness, creakiness, cricketing, crinkliest, defrocking, dominicker, donnickers, fingerpick, finnickier, flickering, interlocks, knackeries, linebacker, misreckons, nicknamers, nitpickers, nitpickier, pernickety, pickeering, picnickers, pincerlike, pinpricked, precooking, prepacking, quickeners, rainchecks, rechecking, reckonings, restacking, restocking, restricken, retackling, retracking, silkscreen, snickerers, snickering, thickeners, trancelike, trickiness, trucklines, undertrick, whickering. | |
+5 letters: airsickness, awestricken, cabinetwork, caretakings, carsickness, cartoonlike, checkrowing, cinderblock, computernik, corkinesses, countersink, cupronickel, dominickers, fingerpicks, forelocking, greenockite, huckstering, interlocked, kinetochore, kitchenware, linebackers, misreckoned, misstricken, neckerchief, overcooking, overdecking, persnickety, prechecking, prickliness, racewalking, reattacking, rejacketing, repackaging, resketching, rockinesses, silkscreens, snickersnee, trickledown, tricksiness, undertricks, unpuckering. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 69 63 6B 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .. -.-. -.- . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101001 01100011 01101011 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N i c k e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0069 0063 006B 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)487569777184 |
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