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fingernail

[ fing-ger-neyl ]

/ ˈfɪŋ gərˌneɪl /

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noun

the nail at the end of a finger.

Printing. a parenthesis.

Origin of fingernail

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at finger, nail

Words nearby fingernail

fingerflower, fingerfuck, fingering, fingerling, fingermark, fingernail, fingerpick, fingerprint, fingerspell, fingerspelling, fingerstall

Example sentences from the Web for fingernail

We could find Waldo anywhere while tripping—like beneath a fingernail or inside our eyelid.

Hey, Pot Smokers, Your Kids Know You’re Stoned |Jason Good |May 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
She tapped her fingernail against her teeth as she looked him up and down.

Ralestone Luck |Andre Norton
A fingernail could not grow from one to two inches long on the hand of one engaged in daily toil, for it would break off.

Seven Legs Across the Seas |Samuel Murray
Frey reached in his pocket and pulled out a safety match and flicked it with his fingernail.

Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 |Various

The old man's left eye was bleeding, and there was a scratch on his cheek as if made by a fingernail.

She Stands Accused |Victor MacClure
In one corner, he found a barely discernible indentation that might have been made by a fingernail.

The Lone Ranger Rides |Fran Striker

British Dictionary definitions for fingernail

fingernail

/ (ˈfɪŋɡəˌneɪl) /

noun

a thin horny translucent plate covering part of the dorsal surface of the end joint of each finger Related adjectives: ungual, ungular

Medical definitions for fingernail

fingernail

[ fĭng′gər-nāl′ ]

n.

The nail on a finger.