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    [Verb]  | "nail" 


    1: to fasten with or as if with a nail

    2: to fix in steady attention

    3: catch, trap


    Origin: before 12th century ;

    [Noun]  | "nail" | \ ˈnāl \


    1: a horny sheath protecting the upper end of each finger and toe of humans and most other primates

    2: a structure (such as a claw) that terminates a digit and corresponds to a nail

    3: a slender usually pointed and headed fastener designed to be pounded in


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English nægl; akin to Old High German nagal nail, fingernail, Latin unguis fingernail, toenail, claw, Greek onyx;

    [Noun]  | "coffin nail" 


    1: cigarette


    Origin: 1888 ;

    [Noun]  | "eight*pen*ny nail" | \ ˌāt-ˌpe-nē- \


    1: a nail typically 21/2 inches (6.35 centimeters) long


    Origin: 15th century ;

     From its original price per hundred;

    [Noun]  | "six*pen*ny nail" | \ ˈsiks-ˌpe-nē- \


    1: a nail about two inches long


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "tenpenny nail" 


    1: a nail three inches (7.6 centimeters) long


    Origin: 15th century ;

     From its original price per hundred;

    [Idiom]  | "as hard as nails" 


    1: very tough : not sentimental or easily influenced

    [Idiom]  | "as tough as nails" 


    1: very tough : not sentimental or easily influenced

    [Idiom]  | "spit nails" 


    1: to be extremely angry

    [Phrasal verb]  | "nail down" 


    1: to make (something, such as a victory) certain to happen

    2: to find out or identify (something) exactly

    3: to make (something) definite or final

    [Verb]  | "nails" 


    1: to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner;


      * e.g., " ... the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook "





    2: to make final, definite, or beyond dispute;


      * e.g., " ... this latest infidelity nails it—I'm filing for divorce "





    3: to reveal the true nature of;


      * e.g., " ... an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others "





    [Verb]  | "nail" 


    1: to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner;


      * e.g., " ... the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook "





    2: to make final, definite, or beyond dispute;


      * e.g., " ... this latest infidelity nails it—I'm filing for divorce "





    3: to reveal the true nature of;


      * e.g., " ... an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others "



    •  Antonyms : 

    •  miss





    [Verb]  | "nails (down)" 


     [ "nails" ]

    1: fucking hard. The kind of guy you wouldn't mess with under any condition, like Gary Busey in Lethal Weapon. Normally quite squat, very powerfully built. People who are Nails shirk off car/plane crashes as if they have grazed their knee. Crazy russians who wrestle bears are nails.

      * e.g.,  ... faaaaking ell.. large Larry took aht 20 cozzers before they got the cuffs on im... then he chewed off 'is own aaand to escape. E's fucking nails I tell yah. 

     [ "nails" ]

    1: adj. A shortened form of the phrase "tough as nails". Applies to one who is mentally/physically strong.

      * e.g.,  ... "He kept his composure despite a string of bad luck and untimely errors. He was nails." 

     [ "nails" ]

    1: A very rought type of, usually, male individual.

      * e.g.,  ... True story. 


     [ "nails" ]

    2: Nothing in particular, except the person is usually known to cause pain or to be able to handle what others would call intense amounts of it.

      * e.g.,  ... My neighbor was nails, he was in a car accident where his truck rolled many times without a seatbelt. He got out to smoke a cigarrette, and went and stood by the drunk man that hit him, communicating, with the man missing bodily parts and expelling massive quantities of fluid. 


     [ "nails" ]

    3: They often drink beer, smoke cigarrettes, and go out with sexy girls.

      * e.g.,  ... Only someone nails would endure such an occurance unscathed. 

     [ "nails" ]

    1: Really disgusting or hugely irritating to point of being equivalent to nails on a chalkboard. Often used by drag queens to describe a really heinous performance or by women and gay men dishing out shade against another for being gross looking, sexually unappealing, or otherwise unsettling in appearance or nature.

      * e.g.,  ... Eww...that bitch's voice is so nails. I just want to pull her tracks out and stuff her mouth with a toilet wand. 

     [ "nails" ]

    1: Homosexual term originating in Hawaii for describing something unpleasant, ugly, mean, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... Happy Birthday, Mary. How does it feel to be an old queen now?  

     [ "nails" ]

    1: Adjective describing attractive woman.

      * e.g.,  ... "Nails, dude." 

     [ "nails" ]

    1:  gross

      * e.g.,  ...  "you so NAILS!" 


     [ "nails" ]

    2:  ewww

      * e.g.,  ...  "I hate him, he's so NAILS!" 


     [ "nails" ]

    3:  like nails on a chalkboard

      * e.g.,  ...  "Mary, that was so nails." 

     [ "nails" ]

    1: N. a term used to describe almost everything, to an extreme. other terms may include "nails on a board" or "rusty nails on a warped board" if its really bad or good.

      * e.g.,  ... "your as dumb as nails, man." 

     [ "nails" ]

    1: 'sex'

      * e.g.,  ... "I haven't had nailed for weeks" 


     [ "nails" ]

    2: contraction of "Semi-permanent nails"

      * e.g.,  ... "I need to get some nails" 


     [ "nails" ]

    3: Came from a mis-hearing of "I really need some more semi-permanent nails" it was thought that she'd said: "I really need some more sex"

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm sick of these boring nails" 


     [ "nails" ]

    4: also "doing your nails" is masturbation.

      * e.g.,  ... "Go away! i'm doing my nails!" 


     [ "nails" ]

    5: equally: "Doing his nails" would be a handjob or whatever.

     [ "nails" ]

    1: White Castle french fries

      * e.g.,  ... Gimme ten sliders and a box of nails! 

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