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nail guns

nail guns is the plural of nail gun.

Meaning of nail gun

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

Questions about nail guns

What is nail guns the plural of?
Nail guns is the plural of nail gun.

Words near nail guns in the dictionary

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

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