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

  • (..) A woman who, who spends her winters in Bahamas and her summers in Hamptons. That's not the Kimmie that I met. The Kimmie that I met didn't have two nickels to rub together. She was a single mom on the balls of her ass with an eight year old son. Okay? She was three months behind on her rent. (..)
    2013 The Wolf of Wall Street