nickel
— Noun
– English
~ a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
nickel bronze
— Noun
– English
~ a bronze containing up to 30% nickel
nickel-and-dime
— Verb
– English
~ spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
nickel-and-dime
— Verb
– English
~ accumulate gradually; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"
nickel
— Verb
– English
~ plate with nickel; "nickel the plate"
nickel-and-dime
— Adjective
– English
~ low-paying; "a nickel-and-dime job"
nickel-and-dime
— Adjective
– English
~ of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor"
nickelodeon
— Noun
– English
~ a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin
nicker
— Noun
– English
~ the characteristic sounds made by a horse
nicker
— Verb
– English
~ make a characteristic sound, of a horse
nicklaus
— Noun
– English
~ United States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940)
nickname
— Noun
– English
~ a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"
nickname
— Noun
– English
~ a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"