nickel

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Synonyms: nicker, nicked, pickel, bickel, nickey, dickel, fickel, mickel, nickell, nikkel, rickel

Antonyms: nicker, nicked, pickel, bickel, nickey, dickel, fickel, mickel, nickell, nikkel, rickel

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q744}}{{lb|en|uncountable}} A [[silvery]] [[elemental]] [[metal]] with an [[atomic number]] of 28 and [[symbol]] Ni.
2. {{senseid|en|five-cent coin}}<!--sense covers both Q238498 and Q2972861-->{{lb|en|US|Canada|countable}} A [[coin]] [[worth]] 5 [[cent]]s.
3. {{lb|en|US|slang|by extension}} Five dollars.
4. {{lb|en|US|slang|by extension}} Five hundred dollars.
5. {{lb|en|US|slang|sometimes {{upright|'''the nickel'''}} or {{upright|'''the hot nickel'''}}}} {{w|Interstate 5}}, a [[highway]] that runs along the [[West Coast]] of the [[United States]].
6. {{lb|en|slang}} A [[playing card]] with the rank of five.
7. {{lb|en|US|slang}} A five-year [[prison sentence]].
8. {{lb|en|American football}} A [[defensive]] [[formation]] with five [[defensive back]]s, one of whom is a [[nickelback]], instead of the more-common four.
9. {{lb|en|UK|WWII}} An {{w|airborne leaflet propaganda|airborne propaganda leaflet}}.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|US|idiomatic|somewhat|_|dated}} {{synonym of|en|cheap}}: [[low|Low]] [[price]] [[and/or]] [[low]] [[value]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[plate]] with nickel.
2. {{lb|en|UK|WWII}} To distribute {{w|airborne leaflet propaganda}}.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|from=patronymics}}.

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