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nail gun

nail gun noun: a power tool used to drive nails into a surface easily. It is powered pneumatically, electrically, or in some cases with a propellant cartridge; conceptually akin to air guns and firearms.

Noun

nail gun (plural nail guns)

  1. A power tool used to drive nails into a surface easily. It is powered pneumatically, electrically, or in some cases with a propellant cartridge; conceptually akin to air guns and firearms.
    • Downing the drink in a single gulp, I move over to the Anatolian white-oak armoire where I keep a brand-new nail gun I bought last week at a hardware store near my office in Wall Street. After I've slipped on a pair of black leather gloves, I make sure the nail gun is loaded.1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 244
    Synonyms:
    nailer

Synonyms of nail gun

Forms of nail gun

pluralnail guns
alternative formnailgun

Questions about nail gun

What does nail gun mean?
Nail gun means a power tool used to drive nails into a surface easily. It is powered pneumatically, electrically, or in some cases with a propellant cartridge; conceptually akin to air guns and firearms.
What part of speech is nail gun?
Nail gun is a noun.
What is the plural of nail gun?
The plural of nail gun is nail guns.

Words near nail gun in the dictionary

  1. nail enamel
  2. nail enamels
  3. nail file
  4. nail files
  5. nail fungus
  6. nail gun
  7. nail guns
  8. nail header
  9. nail house
  10. nail houses
  11. nail in one's coffin

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