Nickel

Definitions

1. A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
   uncountable
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A coin worth 5 cents.
   Canada, US, countable
4. Five dollars.
   US, broadly, countable, slang, uncountable
5. Five hundred dollars.
   US, broadly, countable, slang, uncountable
6. Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
   US, countable, slang, uncountable
7. A playing card with the rank of five
   countable, slang, uncountable
8. A five-year prison sentence.
   US, countable, slang, uncountable
9. A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more-common four.
   countable, uncountable
10. An airborne propaganda leaflet.
    UK, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“That is just objectively terrifying regardless of contexts! He looks like⟳ if a nickel did cocaine!”

“Colonel Hazeltine still had trouble⟳ persuading air commanders to drop the nickels. Pilots profanely protested against risking their necks on such foolishness. But in the end⟳ 15,000,000 leaflets a week were being dropped on Sicily and Italy.”

“Many types of nickels were used in psychological warfare. Classified according to general purpose, there were strategic and tactical leaflets.”

“Nickels, the code-name for propaganda leaflets, were ordinary 8-1/2×11" sheets of paper either printed on both sides or folded in half and printed on all four sides. […] On most of our flights, after leaving the DZ or landing strip⟳ we distributed 150 to 450 pounds of nickels over designated areas, and a few of our missions were nickel runs only.”

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