nickel
see also: Nickel
Pronunciation Noun
Nickel
Proper noun
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see also: Nickel
Pronunciation Noun
nickel
(uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni. - (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
- (US, slang, by extension) Five dollars.
- (US, slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
- (US, slang, sometimes upright the nickel or upright the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of five
- (US, slang) A five-year prison sentence.
- (American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more common four.
- French: nickel
- German: Nickel
- Italian: nichel, nickelio
- Portuguese: níquel
- Russian: ни́кель
- Spanish: níquel
- French: pièce de cinq cents
- Italian: moneta di cinque centesimi, nichelino
- Portuguese: níquel
- Russian: моне́та
nickel (nickels, present participle nickeling; past and past participle nickeled)
- (transitive) To plate with nickel.
Nickel
Proper noun
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