Nailname

• 1

  A surname transferred from the nickname.

nailnoun詞源 1/neɪl/

• 1

  The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human).

• 2

  The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human).

  • When I'm nervous I bite my nails.
• 3

  The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.

• 4

  The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks and other allied birds.

• 5

  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.

  • Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
• 6

  A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.

• 7

  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).

nailverb詞源 2/neɪl/

• 1

  To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.

  • He nailed the placard to the post.
• 2

  To drive a nail.

  • He used the ax head for nailing.
• 3

  To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.

  • The rivets of their arms were nail'd with gold.
• 4

  slangTo catch.

  • I pray you now send me some dub, / A bottle or two to the needy. / I beg you won't bring it yourself, / The harman is at the Old-Bailey; / I'd rather you'd send it behalf, / For, if they twig you they'll nail you.
  • Military Intelligence seems to be on the spot in a quiet sort of way. I just met a G-2 slue-foot and he was a most efficient guy! They're keeping low, I think, until they nail their man.
• 5

  slangTo expose as a sham.

• 6

  slangTo accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.

  • I really nailed that test.
  • The chief executive and founder of Meta used his new Threads account to say Twitter had not “nailed” its opportunity to become a mega app and that his copycat version would be “focusing on kindness”.
• 7

  slangTo hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.

  • Fly-half Ruaridh Jackson departed early with injury but Chris Paterson nailed a penalty from wide out left to give Scotland an early lead, and Jackson's replacement Dan Parks added three more points with a penalty which skimmed over the crossbar.
• 8

  vulgarslangOf a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.

  • Allison Reynolds: I'm a nymphomaniac. […] The only person I told was my shrink. / Andrew Clark: And what did he do when you told him? / Allison Reynolds: He nailed me.
  • There’s a benefit gala at the Boston Pops tonight, and... well, I’m trying to nail the flautist.