nickable

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Meaning · English

Liable to be stolen.

Register: slang

Examples

Meanwhile, the trade will have to make them [laptops] much, much cheaper, without compromising the screen: even at £500 a time they would be too nickable to walk home from school with.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “nickable” mean?

Liable to be stolen.

Is “nickable” formal or informal?

nickable is generally slang.