hangnail

[ hang-neyl ]

/ ˈhæŋˌneɪl /

noun

a small piece of partly detached skin at the side or base of the fingernail.

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Origin of hangnail

1300–50; Middle English angenayle corn, Old English angnægl, equivalent to ang- (variant of enge narrow, painful; cognate with German eng,see anger) + nægl callus, nail; modern h- by association with hang

Words nearby hangnail

hang it, hang loose, hangman, hangman's fracture, hangman's knot, hangnail, hang-on, hang one on, hang one's head, hang on someone's words, hang on to your hat

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Example sentences from the Web for hangnail

But it did matter to me that I had to dine on this hangnail pared from a sheep.
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British Dictionary definitions for hangnail

hangnail

/ (ˈhæŋˌneɪl) /

noun

a piece of skin torn away from, but still attached to, the base or side of a fingernail

Word Origin for hangnail

C17: from Old English angnægl, from enge tight + nægl nail; influenced by hang

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Medical definitions for hangnail

hangnail

[ hăng′nāl′ ]

n.

A small piece of dead skin at the side or the base of a fingernail that is partly detached from the rest of the skin.

单词	hangnail
释义	hangnail [ hang-neyl ] / ˈhæŋˌneɪl / noun a small piece of partly detached skin at the side or base of the fingernail. VIDEO FOR HANGNAIL WATCH NOW: What Do You Call These Bodily Functions? What do you call that red bump on your skin? How about that dried snot in your nose? Get ready for some bodily function talk ... MORE VIDEOS FROM DICTIONARY.COM Compare whitlow. Origin of hangnail 1300–50; Middle English angenayle corn, Old English angnægl, equivalent to ang- (variant of enge narrow, painful; cognate with German eng,see anger) + nægl callus, nail; modern h- by association with hang Words nearby hangnail hang it, hang loose, hangman, hangman's fracture, hangman's knot, hangnail, hang-on, hang one on, hang one's head, hang on someone's words, hang on to your hat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hangnail But it did matter to me that I had to dine on this hangnail pared from a sheep. Eating in Two or Three Languages\|Irvin S. Cobb British Dictionary definitions for hangnail hangnail / (ˈhæŋˌneɪl) / noun a piece of skin torn away from, but still attached to, the base or side of a fingernail Word Origin for hangnail C17: from Old English angnægl, from enge tight + nægl nail; influenced by hang Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for hangnail hangnail [ hăng′nāl′ ] n. A small piece of dead skin at the side or the base of a fingernail that is partly detached from the rest of the skin. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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