nail synonyms

nail

n.

brad, pin, peg, hob, stud; see also spike 1.

Types and sizes of nails include: common, copper, cement coated, masonry, dry wall, galvanized, finishing, flooring, shingle, roofing, doublehead scaffold, spiral siding, staging, boat, hinge, chair, horseshoe, brad, cut, upholsterer's, clout, box, shoe, headless, hobnail; twopenny, fourpenny, sixpenny, eightpenny, tenpenny, twelvepenny.

nail

v.

  1. To hammer

    drive, pound, spike; see beat 2, hammer, hit 1.

  2. To fasten with nails

    secure, hold, bind; see fasten 1.

  3. *To arrest

    capture, detain, apprehend; see arrest 1, seize 2.

hard as nails

callous, unfeeling, remorseless; see cruel 2.

hit the nail on the head*

say what is exactly right, be accurate, come to the point; see define 2.

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