- nickel⇄nickel, noun, verb, -eled,-elingor (especially British)-elled,-elling.
- nickel⇄noun 1. a metallic chemical element that looks like silver and is somewhat like iron. Nickel is hard and used as an alloy and in electroplating. It usually occurs in combination with arsenic or sulfur in igneous rocks, and is associated with cobalt. Nick
- nickel⇄v.t. to cover or coat with nickel.