nicker

Meanings

Plural: nicker, nickers

Noun

• the characteristic sounds made by a horse
• Pound sterling.
• A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
• A snigger or suppressed laugh.
• One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.
• 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.
• Someone who nicks (steals) something, a thief.
• A type of mythological sea creature or sea monster; also, a water sprite; a nix or nixie; a mermaid or merman.
• Hippopotamus.
• nigger.

Verb

• make a characteristic sound, of a horse
• To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
• To produce a snigger or suppressed laugh.
• To snatch or steal.

Synonyms

neigh, pound, pound sterling, quid, sov, whicker, whinny

Related Words

nicker bean, nicker nut, nicker tree