Nic
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Acronym of network interface card or network interface controller, used to interface a computer to a network. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 2 nicotine slang, uncountable
"I prefer vaping with nic-free juice."
- 3 Acronym of network information center. Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 4 Acronym of national insurance contribution. UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
"Despite propelling the tax burden to its highest peacetime level – through a combination of next April’s national insurance contributions (NICs) increase and a sharp rise in corporation tax due to take effect in 2023 – the chancellor painted himself as the champion of low taxes."
- 1 Acronym of Nursing Interventions Classification. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 2 A diminutive of the female given name Nicola, Nichola, and Nicole.
Example
More examples"Despite propelling the tax burden to its highest peacetime level – through a combination of next April’s national insurance contributions (NICs) increase and a sharp rise in corporation tax due to take effect in 2023 – the chancellor painted himself as the champion of low taxes."
Etymology
Clipping of nicotine.
Clipping.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.