OLD NICK

Meaning of OLD NICK in English

noun

( old-fashioned , humorous ) the Devil

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: probably from a pet form of the given name Nicholas .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

OLD NICK — noun Date: circa 1643 — used as a name of the devil
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OLD NICK — noun Usage: usually capitalized O&N : the personification of evil : devil , satan — called also Old Boy, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OLD NICK — Informal the devil; Satan. [ 1660-70 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLD NICK — noun Date: circa 1643 — used as a name of the devil
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OLD NICK — n. Pronunciation: ' ō l(d)- ' nik Function: noun Date: circa 1643 ― used as a name of the devil
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OLD NICK — ■ noun an informal name for the Devil.
Concise Oxford English vocab
OLD NICK — [Old Nick] n (1668)--used as a name of the devil
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLD NICK — ˌOld ˈNick BrE AmE noun British English old-fashioned [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: Perhaps from iniquity ] the Devil
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OLD NICK — See: FULL OF THE OLD NICK.
Slang English vocab
OLD NICK — The Devil: from NEKEN, the evil spirit of the north.
Slang English vocab
OLD NICK — n. Function: noun Synonyms: DEVIL 1, Apollyon, Beelzebub, diablo, fiend, Lucifer, Old Gooseberry, Old Scratch, Satan, serpent
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OLD NICK — noun Synonyms: devil 1, Apollyon, Beelzebub, diablo, fiend, Lucifer, Old Gooseberry, Old Scratch, Satan, serpent
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD NICK — See: FULL OF THE OLD NICK.
Словарь английских идиом
OLD NICK — дьявол
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OLD NICK — дьявол
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OLD NICK — дьявол
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OLD NICK — дьявол
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
OLD NICK — дьявол, черт
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OLD NICK — дьявол, черт
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OLD NICK — дьявол
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
OLD NICK — дьявол
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
OLD NICK — дьявол
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
OLD NICK — дьявол
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
OLD NICK — дьявол
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OLD NICK — дьявол
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OLD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old …
Английский словарь Британика
OLD — I. ˈōld, before a consonant often ˈōl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ald, old, from Old English eald, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NICK — I. transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English nicken, from Old English niccan, from nic, nicc, adverb, not I, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OLD — — oldness , n. /ohld/ , adj., older, oldest or elder, eldest , n. adj. 1. far advanced in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NICK — /nik/ , n. 1. a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something. 2. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLD — I. ˈōld; for sense 9 usually ˈōl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eald; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NICK — I. ˈnik noun Etymology: Middle English nyke, probably alteration of nocke nock Date: 15th century 1. a. : a small …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OLD
Webster English vocab
NICK — noun a notch cut into something. 2. nick ·noun an evil spirit of the waters. 3. nick ·noun a score …
Webster English vocab
OLD — [old] adj [ME, fr. OE eald; akin to OHG alt old, L alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NICK — [nick] n [ME nyke, prob. alter. of nocke nock] (15c) 1 a: a small notch or groove b: a break …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLD — old BrE AmE əʊld ⇨ɒʊld AmE oʊld ▷ older ˈəʊld ə ⇨ˈɒʊld- AmE ˈoʊld ə r ▷ oldest ˈəʊld ɪst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NICK — nick, Nick BrE AmE nɪk ▷ nicked nɪkt ▷ nicking ˈnɪk ɪŋ ▷ nicks, Nick's nɪks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OLD — / əʊld; NAmE oʊld/ adjective ( old·er , old·est ) AGE 1. be ... years, months, etc. ~ of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NICK — / nɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. the nick [ sing. ] ( BrE , slang ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NICK — I. nick 1 /nɪk/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: Perhaps from nock 'small cut in the end …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NICK — n. & v. --n. 1 a small cut or notch. 2 Brit. sl. a a prison. b a police station. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NICK — n. & v. n. 1 a small cut or notch. 2 Brit. sl. a a prison. b a police station. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1. a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Oxford English vocab
NICK — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a small cut or notch. 2 Brit. sl. a a prison. b a police …
Oxford English vocab
OLD — ( older, oldest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NICK — ( nicks, nicking, nicked) 1. If someone nicks something, they steal it. ( BRIT INFORMAL ) He smashed a window …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NICK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Clegg, Nick Old Nick COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE good ▪ The county's elder …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OLD — (FROM THE PAST) [adjective] [before noun] -er, -est - from a period in the past; former (EARLIER)I saw my old …
Cambridge English vocab
OLD — n. Old Museum of Painting Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old Believers …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OLD
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NICK — To win at dice, to hit the mark just in the nick of time, or at the critical moment.NICK. Old …
Slang English vocab
OLD — n. age old old age old fashioned Old Gooseberry Old Guard old hand old hat old lady old line old …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OLD — INDEX: not young 1. not young 2. older than someone else 3. too old to do something 4. to become …
Longman Activator English vocab
OLD — n. 25B6; adjective old people : ELDERLY, aged, older, senior, advanced in years, venerable; in one's dotage, long in the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NICK — n. 25B6; noun a slight nick in the blade : CUT, scratch, incision, snick, notch, chip, gouge, gash; dent, indentation. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NICK — n. 1 cut, notch, chip, gouge, gash, scratch, dent, indentation, flaw, mark, blemish, defect Be careful of that nick in …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OLD — adjective 1 BAD : He is married to a twenty years old American girl. GOOD : He is married to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
OLD — 1. прил.; сравн. - older, elder; превосх. - oldest, eldest 1) а) старый old age old people grow old get …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NICK — I сущ. 1) Ник (имя собственное, сокращение от Nicholas) 2) черт, дьявол (с большой буквы, обыкн. Old Nick) II 1. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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