nicker
/ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/noun, verb
nicker is spelled N-I-C-K-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nicker means “Pound sterling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nicker is nickers.
How many letters and syllables are in nicker?
| Letters | 6: N-I-C-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is nicker?
Nicker appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nicker?
- /ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-nicker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with nicker
Sounds like: knicker, nikka (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of nicker
- nickers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- nickering participle, present
- nickered participle, past
- nicher
- nigher
- nikker
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nicker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKslangPound sterling.
This coat cost me 50 nicker.
- 2
A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
- 3
A snigger or suppressed laugh.
- 4
obsoleteslangOne of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.
- 5
The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.
- 6
informalSomeone who nicks (steals) something, a thief.
- 7
A type of mythological sea creature or sea monster; also, a water sprite; a nix or nixie; a mermaid or merman.
- 8
Hippopotamus.
- 9
derogatoryoffensivevulgarnigger.
verb
- 1
To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
- 2
To produce a snigger or suppressed laugh.
- 3
UKinformalTo snatch or steal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nicker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to neigh softly:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | relinchar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.