nailing

Verb

nail (third-person singular simple present nails, present participle nailing, simple past and past participle nailed)

1. (transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
   • He nailed the placard to the post.
2. (intransitive) To drive a nail.
   • He used the ax head for nailing.

   Synonyms:

   hammer

3. (transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
   • The rivets of their arms were nail'd with gold.1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
4. (slang) To catch.
   • I pray you now send me some dub, / A bottle or two to the needy. / I beg you won't bring it yourself, / The harman is at the Old-Bailey; / I'd rather you'd send it behalf, / For, if they twig you they'll nail you.1765, “A Song in High Life”, in The Merry Medley, volume 1, London: W. Hoggard, page 35

   Synonyms:

   arrest, collar, nick, apprehend, begripe, capture, fang, grasp, get, gripe

5. (slang, transitive) To expose as a sham.
6. (slang, transitive) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
   • I really nailed that test.

   Synonyms:

   ace, fullbring, fulfill

   Antonyms:

   screw

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