nickel meaning and definition

NICKEL noun

Definition of nickel (noun)

1. a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
   • synonyms: atomic number 28, Ni
2. a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
3. five dollars worth of a drug
   • "a nickel bag of drugs"; "a nickel deck of heroin"
   • synonyms: nickel note

NICKEL verb

Definition of nickel (verb)

1. plate with nickel
   • "nickel the plate"