nicking Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cut slightly, with a razor
    nick; snick.
    • The barber's knife nicked his cheek
  2. verb cut a nick into
    nick; chip.
  3. verb divide or reset the tail muscles of
    nick.
    • nick horses
  4. verb mate successfully; of livestock
    nick.

WordNet

Nick"ing noun
Etymology
From Nick, v. t.
Definitions
  1. (Coal Mining) (a) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face. (b) pl. Small coal produced in making the nicking.

Webster 1913