Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nikker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nikker
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of nicker (“A sea devil.”).

Example Sentences

"Davy Jones's Locker [...] A sailor's name for a principal sea-devil, a nikker. - HALLIWELL."
"... and killing sea-nikkers by night. Alone will I combat with this demon, the giant Grendel . . . I shall wrestle for life, foe against foe."
"Whether the monster slain is a sea-dragon or a nikker remains a problem. […]"
"If the poet has mixed up Danish and English scenery in his mere, and the "nikkers" and other monsters have no business in an English lake, they are most certainly there."
""A nikker is Davy Jones, / Just one more plug, an' a swig at the jug, / An' up with the skull an' bones.""

Inflected Forms

nikkers (plural)

Questions

What does nikker mean?: Alternative form of nicker (“A sea devil.”).

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