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Meaning of "nicker" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NICKER

Perhaps from neigh.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NICKER

nicker  [ˈnɪkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NICKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nicker is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb nicker in English.

WHAT DOES NICKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

nicker

Neck (water spirit)

The Nyx/Nixie are shapeshifting water spirits who usually appear in human form. These spirits have appeared in the myths and legends of all Germanic peoples in Europe, although perhaps most known in Norwegian and Scandinavian folklore. In recent times such creatures have usually been depicted as human in shape. However, the English Knucker is generally depicted as a wyrm or dragon, thus attesting to the survival of the other usage as any "water-being" rather than an exclusively humanoid creature. Their sex, bynames, and various animal-like transformations vary geographically. The German Nix and his Scandinavian counterparts are males. The German Nixe or Nixie is a female river mermaid.

Definition of nicker in the English dictionary

The definition of nicker in the dictionary is to neigh softly. Other definition of nicker is to laugh quietly; snigger.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO NICKER

PRESENT

Present
I nicker
you nicker
he/she/it nickers
we nicker
you nicker
they nicker
Present continuous
I am nickering
you are nickering
he/she/it is nickering
we are nickering
you are nickering
they are nickering
Present perfect
I have nickered
you have nickered
he/she/it has nickered
we have nickered
you have nickered
they have nickered
Present perfect continuous
I have been nickering
you have been nickering
he/she/it has been nickering
we have been nickering
you have been nickering
they have been nickering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I nickered
you nickered
he/she/it nickered
we nickered
you nickered
they nickered
Past continuous
I was nickering
you were nickering
he/she/it was nickering
we were nickering
you were nickering
they were nickering
Past perfect
I had nickered
you had nickered
he/she/it had nickered
we had nickered
you had nickered
they had nickered
Past perfect continuous
I had been nickering
you had been nickering
he/she/it had been nickering
we had been nickering
you had been nickering
they had been nickering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will nicker
you will nicker
he/she/it will nicker
we will nicker
you will nicker
they will nicker
Future continuous
I will be nickering
you will be nickering
he/she/it will be nickering
we will be nickering
you will be nickering
they will be nickering
Future perfect
I will have nickered
you will have nickered
he/she/it will have nickered
we will have nickered
you will have nickered
they will have nickered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been nickering
you will have been nickering
he/she/it will have been nickering
we will have been nickering
you will have been nickering
they will have been nickering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would nicker
you would nicker
he/she/it would nicker
we would nicker
you would nicker
they would nicker
Conditional continuous
I would be nickering
you would be nickering
he/she/it would be nickering
we would be nickering
you would be nickering
they would be nickering
Conditional perfect
I would have nicker
you would have nicker
he/she/it would have nicker
we would have nicker
you would have nicker
they would have nicker
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been nickering
you would have been nickering
he/she/it would have been nickering
we would have been nickering
you would have been nickering
they would have been nickering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you nicker
we let´s nicker
you nicker
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to nicker
Past participle
nickered
Present Participle
nickering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NICKER


armonica
ɑːˈmɒnɪkə
arnica
ˈɑːnɪkə
botanica
bəˈtænɪkə
electronica
ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪkə
folktronica
ˌfəʊkˈtrɒnɪkə
gennaker
ˈdʒɛnɪkə
harmonica
hɑːˈmɒnɪkə
japonica
dʒəˈpɒnɪkə
knicker
ˈnɪkə
Lineker
ˈlɪnɪkə
monicker
ˈmɒnɪkə
moniker
ˈmɒnɪkə
picnicker
ˈpɪknɪkə
Salonica
səˈlɒnɪkə
Salonika
səˈlɒnɪkə
Seneca
ˈsɛnɪkə
snicker
ˈsnɪkə
Thessalonica
ˌθɛsəˈlɒnɪkə
tunica
ˈtjuːnɪkə
veronica
vəˈrɒnɪkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NICKER

nickel
Nickel Belt
nickel bloom
nickel plate
nickel silver
nickel steel
nickel-and-dime
nickel-in-the-slot machine
nickel-plate
nickel-plated
nickel-plating
nickelic
nickeliferous
nickeline
nickelize
nickelled
nickelling
nickelodeon
nickelous

WORDS THAT END LIKE NICKER

bicker
bumper sticker
city slicker
clicker
dicker
drug trafficker
flicker
kicker
licker
picker
ricker
sicker
slicker
sticker
the flicker
ticker
tracker
trafficker
tricker
whicker
wicker

Synonyms and antonyms of nicker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nicker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NICKER

Find out the translation of nicker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nicker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nicker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Nicker的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nicker
570 millions of speakers

English

nicker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nicker
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

nicker
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хохотать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nicker
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাসিয়া উঠা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nicker
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nikel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nicker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クスクス笑い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

여기 봐요
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nicker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nicker
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாயகர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निकर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nicker
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nicker
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nicker
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

реготати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de lire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nicker
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schaterlachen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Nicker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nicker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nicker

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NICKER»

The term «nicker» is normally little used and occupies the 120.373 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NICKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nicker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nicker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nicker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NICKER»

Discover the use of nicker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nicker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Underworld Nigha, p. 13,1956 • Cor strike, what am I doing swilling swipes when there's three hundred nicker (£300) in my pouch. — Derek Bickerton, Payroll, p. 119, 1959 • Here's a COUple Of nicker[.] — Barry Humphries, Sana Pulls It Off!, ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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The Handplane Book
either side of the plane and in line with the nicker. In theory, the nickers score the fibers ahead of the cut and the iron lifts out the waste. Working cross grain, as a dado plane normally would, it's not important if the iron is slightly narrower as ...
Garrett Hack, 2003
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Florida Ethnobotany
However, that usage is recent, dating from Hans Sloane's 1707 mention of nicker -tree in Jamaica. Variations on the nicker theme include ash-colored nicker ( English Antilles), canique (nicker, Hispaniola), canique grise (gray nicker, ...
Daniel F. Austin, 2004
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Maggi Nicker Click Nicker
Have you ever wondered what life is like for a wild Mustang foal. Follow the adventures of Maggi and learn how she survived life in the Nevada desert with her herd, other friends and even foes.
Lisa C. Clark, 2013
5
Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions
... NICHOLAS, pseud. See Louisell, Catherine Medora. NIC KELSON, JIM. I'm all alone with no one; words by Lota C. Hoffman. © 6-26-46; J. Nickelson and L. C. Hoffman, Detroit; EU26801. NICKELSON, JIMMY. See Nickelson, Jim. NICKER ...
‎1946
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Our Workshop: Being a Practical Guide to the Amateur in the ...
is stuck into the wood where the centre of the intended hole should exist, and after the point has penetrated a short distance, the nicker, n, which is sharp and knife-like, marks out the circumference of the hole. The pressure applied by the ...
‎1866
7
Routledges Every Boy's Annual
The efficient action of this instrument depends on the proper relative proportions and sharpness of the centre nicker and cutter. The centre must be a little longer than the nicker, to enable the tool to obtain a steady footing before it is required to  ...
‎1866
8
Routledge's Every Boy's Annual
The pressure applied by the operator causes the centre point and nicker to sink into the wood as the bit revolves, and the cutter, c, pares away the material within the circle described by the nicker. The efficient action of this instrument depends  ...
Edmund Routledge, 1866
9
Outlaws Are Optional
With a nicker around they don't need to!” The outlaw chief was only too well aware of the reputation of that diminutive tribe, to whom locked doors were as impervious as muslin curtains and for whom the term “other people's” was meaningless ...
David Mosey, 2004
10
Paragoy Dimension: Dimensions Saga Book 2
He wondered where the nicker had gotten it but was brought out of thought when the nicker began to wake up. The ugly creature sat up and yawned, and then looked up at Alric. When he saw the amulet in the King's hand, the nicker began to ...
T.M. Nielsen, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NICKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nicker is used in the context of the following news items.
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Three cars destroyed in garage blaze and reports of explosions in …
Firefighters from Oldham were called to the property on Nicker Brow in Dobcross, Saddleworth, at around 3.50am this morning. Residents were ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
2
Watch out for the Darlaston Brick Nicker - Alleyway targeted by …
Watch out for the Darlaston Brick Nicker. A thief is targeting a public footpath in the town, stealing more than 50 blue Victorian bricks during ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
3
Budget 2015: Live coverage of the Chancellor's announcement
Great news to cut benefits fro women with loos nicker elastic who breed to live a work free life. Great news to cut benefits fro women with loos ... «Echo, Jul 15»
4
'Petrified' Limerick grandmother forced out of her home after 34 years
Josephine McGrath, aged 60, has been sleeping on a couch in her son's crowded house in Nicker since she had to leave her council house at ... «Limerick Leader, Jul 15»
5
Walking like dinosaurs: British Geological Survey erupts as visitors …
The open day attracted around 2,500 visitors to the environmental science centre, in Nicker Hill, which is open to guests all year round. A scale ... «Nottingham Post, Jun 15»
6
Hong Kong woman catches serial underwear thief neighbour with …
The knickers nicker was finally caught after his neighbour, surnamed Lee, asked her boyfriend to install a security camera outside her house ... «Coconuts Hong Kong, Jun 15»
7
What it says in the papers
An unusual court case involving a sex offender covers the front page of the Irish Daily Mirror with the line 'Sex pest knicker nicker'. Padraig ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
8
Shaun Marsh retraces childhood footsteps
... in Sri Lanka in 2011 and another at Centurion Park in 2014 spring to mind - but on other occasions he has looked very much a "nicker". «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jun 15»
9
John C. Elioff Jr., 85, of St. Paul, MN, dies
... Danny (Jenny), Chooch (Cordel) and Nicker (Jordyn); great grandchildren: Audrey, Roan, Noah and Logan; niece, Kristin (fiancé Raj Sarpal) ... «The Ely Echo, Jun 15»
10
Massasoit graduates challenged to commit to life missions
HINGHAM: Mark Bologna, Cody Clif ford, Alison Clinton, Christopher Jones, Derek Monroe, David Nicker son, Victoria Powers, Lindsay Rana ... «Wicked Local Whitman, May 15»

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