NICK Copy link • NICK 1. s. Notch, incisura (crena, Plin., is doubtful). Exact point (of time), tempus; vestigium temporis; or simply vestigium when the context fixes the sense. In the very nick of time, in tempore; commode; commodum; opportune; peropportune; in ipso temporis articulo (at the most critical and decisive moment). 2. v. To hit, rem acu tangere (Plaut.), attingere; conjecturā consequi. To notch, incidere. To deceive, cheat, alicui imponere; fraudem or fallaciam alicui facere; dolum alicui nectere or confingere; aliquem circumducere (commentators).