in the nick prepositional phrase2 •Naked.And the two of you weren't swimming in the nick down at Mill Dam the other day, I suppose? 'No, we weren't exactly swimming...' You still got an eyeful of her in the altogether, though, didn't you? — 1991 •(no longer used) Synonym of in the nick of time.“Thank ye kindly, doctor,” says he. “You came in in about the nick, I guess, for me and Hawkins. And so it’s you, Ben Gunn!” he added. “Well, you’re a nice one, to be sure.” — 1881
