nailed
adjective
[ neɪld ]
• fastened or constructed with nails.
• "a nailed coffin"
• having fingernails or toenails of a specified kind.
• "long-nailed fashion models"
nail
verb
• fasten with a nail or nails.
• "the strips are simply nailed to the roof"
• detect or catch (someone, especially a suspected criminal).
• "have you nailed the killer?"
Similar:
catch,
capture,
apprehend,
arrest,
take into custody,
seize,
take in,
bring in,
collar,
nab,
cop,
run in,
pull in,
pick up,
bust,
pinch,
nick,
nobble,
• (of a player) strike (a ball) forcefully and successfully.
• "she was stretched to the limit and failed to nail the smash"
• perform (an action or task) perfectly.
• "she absolutely nailed the high notes"
• (of a man) have sex with (someone).
Origin:
Old English nægel (noun), næglan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nagel and German Nagel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin unguis and Greek onux .
