nis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A nix; a hobgoblin, especially one that resides in a farm house.
contraction
  1. Contraction of ne is
adj
  1. Initialism of new in shrink.
noun
  1. Initialism of Network Information Service.
name
  1. Initialism of Naftna Industrija Srbije, a Serbian multinational oil and gas company.
  2. Initialism of National Intelligence Service, an agency of the South African government from 1980 to 1994.
  3. Initialism of National Intelligence Service, the current South Korean counterintelligence agency.

Word forms

nis nisses

Etymology

From Danish nisse.

Synonyms

YP

Related words

NIB
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