Synchronization of the receptivity of the male sterile plant to the maximum pollen load of the pollinator for Cross pollination in hybrid seed production Said to 'nick' when two parents produce high yields of seed of a highly productive and desirable hybrid
Nick is used in expressions such as `in good nick' or `in bad nick' to describe the physical condition of someone or something. His ribs were damaged, but other than that he's in good nick Tom's house is actually in better nick than mine
mate successfully; of livestock divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses" cut a nick into cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek
The nickname, or "handle" you use to identify yourself on an IRC server You can change your nickname at any time by using the /NICK command in your IRC program
A nick is a small cut made in the surface of something, usually in someone's skin. The barbed wire had left only the tiniest nick just below my right eye
To attack, cut, or strike someone, often used in threats It's also used to indicate inflicting other injury upon a sod, such as stealing from him, as in "I nicked him good, and got his chiv "
A gerbil that displays the athletic prowess to clear the pit area of a goal, only to be eaten by the cat Named for the most famous gerbil to make this blunder, the legendary "Iron Nick " Nicks are not scored
emphasis If you say that something happens in the nick of time, you are emphasizing that it happens at the last possible moment. Seems we got here just in the nick of time = just in time
The nickname, or handle you use to identify yourself on an IRC server You can change your nickname at any time by using the /NICK command in your IRC program
If you are nicked by someone, they cheat you, for example by charging you too much money. College students already are being nicked, but probably don't realize it. = rip off
My friend Mandy's husband His existence helps me perpuate the stereotype that gay men want to seduce straight men Mandy is aware of how fond I am of Nick and we joke about it
If you nick something or nick yourself, you accidentally make a small cut in the surface of the object or your skin. When I pulled out of the space, I nicked the rear bumper of the car in front of me He dropped a bottle in the kitchen and nicked himself on broken glass
A correction applied with an electronic collar set to a "momentary" setting, or a tap and immediate release of the button for those electronic collars without a "momentary" setting