Steal vs. Nick

Stealverb

(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.

Stealverb

To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.

Stealverb

(transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.

Stealverb

To acquire at a low price.

Stealverb

(transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.

Stealverb

(intransitive) To move silently or secretly.

Stealverb

To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.

Stealverb

To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.

Stealverb

To dispossess

Stealverb

To acquire; to get

Stealnoun

The act of stealing.

Stealnoun

A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.

Stealnoun

A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.

Stealnoun

(baseball) A stolen base.

Stealnoun

(curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.

Stealnoun

(computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.

Stealnoun

A handle; a stale, or stele.

Stealverb

To take, and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.

Stealverb

To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.

Stealverb

To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.

Stealverb

To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; - with away.

Stealverb

To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.

Stealverb

To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.

Stealverb

To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.

Stealnoun

an advantageous purchase;

Stealnoun

a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

Stealverb

take without the owner's consent;

Stealverb

move stealthily;

Stealverb

steal a base

Stealverb

to go stealthily or furtively;

Stealverb

take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it

Stealverb

dishonestly pass off (another person's ideas) as one's own

Stealverb

take the opportunity to give or share (a kiss) when it is not expected or when people are not watching

Stealverb

(in various sports) gain (an advantage, a run, or possession of the ball) unexpectedly or by exploiting the temporary distraction of an opponent

Stealverb

run to (a base) while the pitcher is in the act of delivery

Stealverb

move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously

Stealverb

direct (a look) quickly and unobtrusively

Stealnoun

a bargain

Stealnoun

an act of stealing something

Stealnoun

an idea taken from another work

Stealnoun

an act of stealing a base.

Stealnoun

an act of taking possession of the ball or puck from an opponent

Nicknoun

A small cut in a surface.

Nicknoun

A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.

Nicknoun

A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.

Nicknoun

Senses connoting something small.

Nicknoun

(cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.

Nicknoun

(genetics) One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.

Nicknoun

(real tennis) The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.

Nicknoun

In the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.

Nicknoun

A police station or prison.

Nicknoun

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Nicknoun

(archaic) A nix or water]] spirit.

Nickverb

(transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.

Nickverb

(transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.

Nickverb

To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).

Nickverb

To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.

Nickverb

(transitive) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.

Nickverb

To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.

Nickverb

To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.

Nickverb

To steal.

Nickverb

To arrest.

Nickverb

To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

Nicknoun

An evil spirit of the waters.

Nicknoun

A notch cut into something

Nicknoun

A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; as, nicks in a china plate; a nick in the table top.

Nicknoun

A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.

Nickverb

To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.

Nickverb

To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to create a nick{2} in, deliberately or accidentally; as, to nick the rim of a teacup.

Nickverb

To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.

Nickverb

To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.

Nickverb

To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry it higher).

Nickverb

To nickname; to style.

Nicknoun

an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

Nicknoun

a small cut

Nickverb

cut slightly, with a razor;

Nickverb

cut a nick into

Nickverb

divide or reset the tail muscles of;

Nickverb

mate successfully; of livestock

Nicknoun

a small cut or notch

Nicknoun

prison

Nicknoun

a police station

Nicknoun

the junction between the floor and side walls in a squash court or real tennis court.

Nickverb

make a nick or nicks in

Nickverb

steal

Nickverb

cheat someone of (a sum of money)

Nickverb

arrest (someone)

Nickverb

go quickly or surreptitiously

Nickverb

depart; go away

Nick

Nick is a masculine given name. It is also often encountered as a short form (hypocorism) of the given names Nicholas, Nicola, Nicolas, Nikola, Nicolai or Nicodemus.