nick off
English
Alternative forms
- knick off
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Verb
nick off (third-person singular simple present nicks off, present participle nicking off, simple past and past participle nicked off)
- (Australia, slang) To leave, especially in a hurry.
- 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics 2012, p. 338:
- ‘I got somethin ta tell ya. Young Trilby's knicked off.’
- 1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins 2001, p. 64:
- I'm in for the strap tomorrow anyway when Dickie sees my sums. Got to nick off now.
- 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics 2012, p. 338:
Interjection
nick off
- (UK, Australia) Go away! fuck off