nailing

nail-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of nail; fastening or securing something with nails.

  2. 2.

    (Informal) Successfully achieving or accomplishing something.

  3. 3.

    (Informal) Catching or apprehending someone.

Related words

Antonyms: failing, loosening
See also: fastening, nail, securing
Synonyms: achieving, fastening, securing

Etymology

Present participle of nail, from Old English naegel, from Proto-Germanic naglaz.