nickel | Idiomator

Meaning: ; (uncountable)Asilveryelementalmetalwith anatomic numberof 28 andsymbolNi.; ; (US,Canada,countable)Acoinworth5cents.Synonym:jitneyCoordinate terms:penny,cent,dime,quarter,half-dollar2017October 8, “Confederacy”, inLast Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode26,John Oliver(actor), via HBO:That is just objectively terrifying regardless of contexts! He looks like if anickeldid cocaine!; (US,slang,by extension)Five dollars.; (US,slang,by extension)Five hundred dollars.; (US,slang,sometimesthe nickelorthe hot nickel)Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.; (slang)Aplaying cardwith the rank of five; (US,slang)A five-year prison sentence.; (American football)A defensive formation with fivedefensive backs, one of whom is anickelback, instead of the more-common four.; (UK,World War II)Anairborne propaganda leaflet.1945,The Saturday Evening Post, volume217, Curtis Publishing Company,→OCLC,page79:Colonel Hazeltine still had trouble persuading air commanders to drop thenickels. 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.1948,The Army Air Forces in World War II, volume 3, Office of Air Force History,→ISBN,page495:Many types ofnickelswere used in psychological warfare. Classified according to general purpose, there were strategic and tactical leaflets.2010, Richard H. Kraemer,The Secret War in the Balkans, Author House,→ISBN,page136: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 ofnickelsover designated areas, and a few of our missions werenickelruns only.

Examples:

EN: "What's a nickel!
ES: ¿Qué son cinco centavos?
EN: Why in New York, you can get a glass of beer that high for a nickel.
ES: En Nueva York, puedes conseguir un vaso de cerveza así de alto por 5 centavos.
EN: Three years ago I came to Florida without a nickel in my pocket. And now I've got a nickel in my pocket.
ES: Piensen, piensen en las oportunidades aquí en Florida.
ES: Piensen, piensen en las oportunidades aquí en Florida.
EN: Say, I bet you a nickel I can kiss you without touching you.
ES: Te apuesto un centavo a que puedo besarte sin tocarte.
EN: - I owe you a nickel.
ES: - Te debo un centavo.
EN: The nickel today is not what it used to be 10 years ago.
ES: Una moneda de 5 centavos no es lo que era hace 10 años.
EN: The nickel is not what it was 15 years ago.
ES: Una moneda de 5 centavos no es lo que era hace 15 años.
EN: A seven-cent nickel.
ES: - Una moneda de 7 centavos.
EN: Yes, sir. We've been using the five-cent nickel in this country since 1492.
ES: Llevamos usando la moneda de 5 centavos desde 1492.
EN: Now, why not give the seven-cent nickel a chance?
ES: ¿Por qué no darle una oportunidad a la moneda de 7 centavos?
EN: If that works out, next year we could have an eight-cent nickel.
ES: Si la cosa funciona, el año que viene podríamos tener la de 8.
EN: You could go to a newsstand buy a three-cent newspaper and get the same nickel back.
ES: Podría ir al quiosco, comprar un diario de 3 céntimos y recuperar la moneda.
EN: One nickel, carefully used, would last a family a lifetime.
ES: Una moneda usada con cuidado podría durar toda una vida.
EN: Drop a nickel in the slot, and get a motive!
ES: ¡Ponga una moneda en la ranura, y le saldrá un motivo!
EN: That magazine cost me a nickel. And you've gone and knocked it overboard.
ES: Esa revista me ha costado cinco centavos.

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