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nail (neɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Nailer
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Eventually, the nailer will require replacement, but the nailer is much easier to replace than the stringers.
We shall see the nailer employed even until the middle of the night, and the carpenter covering himself with his chips.
The tread is nailed to the nailer instead of the stringer.
The detail shows a wood nailer for the transition between the insulation and the scupper penetration.
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