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NAIL
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Classic
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Big
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Super Big
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NAIL is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.
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noun
- The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human).
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oftenspecificallyThe thin, flat type of such a plate on the fingers and toes of humans, chimpanzees and some other primates.
- When I'm nervous I bite my nails.
- The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
- The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks and other allied birds.
- A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
- A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
- An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂₀ of an ell or ¹⁄₁₆ of a yard (2+¹⁄₄ inches or 5.715 cm).
verb
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transitiveTo fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
- He nailed the placard to the post.
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intransitiveTo drive a nail.
- He used the ax head for nailing.
- transitiveTo stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
- slangTo catch.
- slangtransitiveTo expose as a sham.
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slangtransitiveTo accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
- I really nailed that test.
- slangtransitiveTo hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
- slangtransitivevulgarOf a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
- To spike, as a cannon.
- transitiveTo nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
- obsoleteslangtransitiveTo steal.