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Nailer
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| nail (neɪl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a fastening device usually made from round or oval wire, having a point at one end and a head at the other |
| 2. | anything resembling such a fastening device, esp in function or shape |
| 3. | fingernail See toenail the horny plate covering part of the dorsal surface of the fingers or toesRelated: ungual, ungular |
| 4. | the claw of a mammal, bird, or reptile |
| 5. | slang a hypodermic needle, used for injecting drugs |
| 6. | a unit of length, formerly used for measuring cloth, equal to two and a quarter inches |
| 7. | a nail in one's coffin an experience or event that tends to shorten life or hasten the end of something |
| 8. | bite one's nails |
| a. to chew off the ends of one's fingernails | |
| b. to be worried or apprehensive | |
| 9. | hard as nails |
| a. in tough physical condition | |
| b. without sentiment or feelings | |
| 10. | hit the nail on the head to do or say something correct or telling |
| 11. | on the nail (of payments) at once (esp in the phrase pay on the nail) |
| —vb | |
| 12. | to attach with or as if with nails |
| 13. | informal to arrest or seize |
| 14. | informal to hit or bring down, as with a shot: I nailed the sniper |
| 15. | informal to expose or detect (a lie or liar) |
| 16. | to fix or focus (one's eyes, attention, etc) on an object |
| 17. | to stud with nails |
| Related: ungual, ungular | |
| [Old English nǣgl; related to Old High German nagal nail, Latin unguis fingernail, claw, Greek onux] | |
| 'nailer | |
| —n | |
| 'nail-less | |
| —adj | |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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