- Hello, and welcome to The English we speak. My name`s Helen. - And I`m Rob. - I saw you looking for your headphones earlier, did you find them? - No, Helen. I looked for them everywhere, someone must have nicked them. - Nicked them? What do you mean? - Oh, sorry, what I mean is someone stole my headphones. To nick something means to steal something. - That`s terrible. But how is it spelt? - It`s spelt N I C K, nick, to nick something. - My son`s best friend is called Nick. It`s the same spelling, isn`t it? - It is, but not the same meaning. Here the word “nick” is a verb and it`s British slang to.