NICK

(CUT) [noun], [verb] - (to make) a small cut in a surface or an edgeApart from a few nicks in the varnish the guitar is in very good condition. [C]Paintwork on the corner of a stairway tends to get nicked and scratched as people pass by. [T]If something happens in the nick of time it happens at the last possible moment.She lashed out at the boy who ducked back just in the nick of time.