Definition of 'nickel'

Noun

1. a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
      Synonyms: Ni atomic number 28
2. a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
3. five dollars worth of a drug; "a nickel bag of drugs"; "a nickel deck of heroin"
      Synonyms: nickel note

Verb

1. plate with nickel; "nickel the plate"

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