Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to nickel
Participle: nickeled; nickelled
Gerund: nickeling; nickelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | nickel |
| you | nickel |
| he;she;it | nickels |
| we | nickel |
| you | nickel |
| they | nickel |
Perfect
| I | have nickeled; nickelled |
| you | have nickeled; nickelled |
| he;she;it | has nickeled; nickelled |
| we | have nickeled; nickelled |
| you | have nickeled; nickelled |
| they | have nickeled; nickelled |
Past
| I | nickeled; nickelled |
| you | nickeled; nickelled |
| he;she;it | nickeled; nickelled |
| we | nickeled; nickelled |
| you | nickeled; nickelled |
| they | nickeled; nickelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had nickeled; nickelled |
| you | had nickeled; nickelled |
| he;she;it | had nickeled; nickelled |
| we | had nickeled; nickelled |
| you | had nickeled; nickelled |
| they | had nickeled; nickelled |
Future
| I | will nickel |
| you | will nickel |
| he;she;it | will nickel |
| we | will nickel |
| you | will nickel |
| they | will nickel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have nickeled; nickelled |
| you | will have nickeled; nickelled |
| he;she;it | will have nickeled; nickelled |
| we | will have nickeled; nickelled |
| you | will have nickeled; nickelled |
| they | will have nickeled; nickelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | nickel |
| you | nickel |
| he;she;it | nickel |
| we | nickel |
| you | nickel |
| they | nickel |
Perfect
| I | have nickeled; nickelled |
| you | have nickeled; nickelled |
| he;she;it | have nickeled; nickelled |
| we | have nickeled; nickelled |
| you | have nickeled; nickelled |
| they | have nickeled; nickelled |
Imperfect
| I | nickeled; nickelled |
| you | nickeled; nickelled |
| he;she;it | nickeled; nickelled |
| we | nickeled; nickelled |
| you | nickeled; nickelled |
| they | nickeled; nickelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had nickeled; nickelled |
| you | had nickeled; nickelled |
| he;she;it | had nickeled; nickelled |
| we | had nickeled; nickelled |
| you | had nickeled; nickelled |
| they | had nickeled; nickelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would nickel |
| you | would nickel |
| he;she;it | would nickel |
| we | would nickel |
| you | would nickel |
| they | would nickel |
Perfect
| I | would have nickeled; nickelled |
| you | would have nickeled; nickelled |
| he;she;it | would have nickeled; nickelled |
| we | would have nickeled; nickelled |
| you | would have nickeled; nickelled |
| they | would have nickeled; nickelled |
Imperative
| you | nickel |
| we | Let's nickel |
| you | nickel |
Verbs conjugated like 'nickel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'nickel'
nicker,
bicker,
dicker,
mickey,
nice,
nicen,
niche,
nicher,
nick,
picket,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from German Nickel, first used in a text by the Swedish mineralogist Axel F. Cronstedt as an abbreviation of Kupfernickel (“a mineral containing copper and nickel”), from Kupfer (“copper”) + Nickel (“insignificant person, goblin”), originally nickname of Nikolaus (“Nicholas”), due to the deceptive silver colour of the relatively valueless ore. Compare cobalt as related to kobolds.
Sample Sentences
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The 422d Bombardment Squadron extended the scope of its operations considerably in April and "attacked" Norwegian targets with the leaflet bomb. The number of cities nickeled per mission also increased until it was common for fifteen to twenty-five to be scheduled as targets for a five-plane mission. [1948, The Army Air Forces in World War II, volume 3, Office of Air Force History, →ISBN, pages 496–497:]
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We flew numerous nickeling missions over the population centers of Southern France, dropping thousands of pounds of leaflets. [1966, Monro MacCloskey, Secret Air Missions, R. Rosen Press, →OCLC, page 36:]
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From southern Greece to northern Italy, nickeling supplied both occupied peoples and their occupiers with fairly frequent and generally accurate reports of the war — in many cases, their only authoritative source of information. [2010, Richard H. Kraemer, The Secret War in the Balkans, Author House, →ISBN, page 136:]