Nickel

Quick meaning: Nickel is a noun meaning (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.

Meaning

(uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.

More Meanings

1. (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
2. (US, slang, by extension) Five dollars.
3. (US, slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
4. (US, slang, sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
5. (US, slang) A five-year prison sentence.
6. (American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more-common four.
7. (slang) A playing card with the rank of five

Example Sentences

Let me give you the nickel tour of the office.

That is just objectively terrifying regardless of contexts! He looks like if a nickel did cocaine!

We flew numerous nickeling missions over the population centers of Southern France, dropping thousands of pounds of leaflets.

Many types of nickels were used in psychological warfare. Classified according to general purpose, there were strategic and tactical leaflets.

Word Forms

• nickels
• nickeling
• nickelling
• nickeled
• nickelled

Synonyms for nickel

Depending on context, synonyms include jitney, sixpenny, tinhorn, bargainous, budget, cheap.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ni, priced, cadmium, zinc, cupro, gold.

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