nickel

Definition

  • noun: a hard silver-white metal
  • noun: a silver-white hard malleable ductile metallic element capable of a high polish and resistant to corrosion that is used chiefly in alloys and as a catalyst

Examples

  • Customers are being 'nickeled-and-dimed' by the cell phone company. [=customers are being charged extra small fees by the cell phone company that will add up to a lot of money over time]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Okay, traffic cams.. We're in. - Who are these guys? - Timberwolves. Look at these dum-dums. Bet you a nickel one of them's gonna howl. And there it is. - I mean, what is it with wolves and the howling? - Howlers! Nighthowlers! That's what Manchas was afraid of, wolves! (..)
    2016 Zootopia