Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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vernacular | Yes | Yes | No | No |
nick | Yes | No | Yes | No |
vernacular (noun) | nick (noun) |
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the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | a small cut |
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | (British slang) a prison |
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) |
vernacular (adjective) | nick (adjective) |
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being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language |
vernacular (verb) | nick (verb) |
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mate successfully; of livestock | |
divide or reset the tail muscles of | |
cut a nick into | |
cut slightly, with a razor |