📖 Definitions of "Nailbiter"
noun
- 1
One who bites or chews his or her fingernails
- 2
A nervous or uncomfortable situation
"It was a real nail biter waiting for the test results."
- 3
An engaging or exciting cliffhanger.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Nailbiter"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nail-biternoun | Alternative spelling of nail biter. [(literal) One who habitually bites or chews their fingernails.] |
| nailbitingnoun | Alternative form of nail biting. [(pediatrics, psychology, psychiatry) The habit of biting one's fingernails.] |
| nailcutternoun | Alternative form of nail cutter. [Synonym of nail clippers.] |
| night biternoun | Alternative form of night-biter. [An animal, especially an insect such as a mosquito, that bites during the night.] |
| nailbombernoun | Alternative form of nail bomber. [One who detonates a nail bomb.] |
| ankle biternoun | Alternative form of ankle-biter. [(slang) A small child.] |
| cross-biternoun | Alternative form of crossbiter. [(obsolete) One who crossbites; a deceiver; a cheat.] |
| finger nailnoun | Alternative form of fingernail. [The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.] |
| nailgunnoun | Alternative spelling of nail gun. [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.] |
| nail-filenoun | Alternative form of nail file. [A small file made of soft metal, or a board covered with fine sandpaper, for filing and shaping one's fingernails and toenails.] |
| nailfilenoun | Alternative form of nail file. [A small file made of soft metal, or a board covered with fine sandpaper, for filing and shaping one's fingernails and toenails.] |
| hand-nailnoun | Alternative form of handnail. [(uncommon) Synonym of fingernail.] |
| nailpolishnoun | Alternative form of nail polish. [A cosmetic lacquer applied to the fingernails or toenails.] |
| back biternoun | Alternative form of backbiter. [A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.] |
| nail bednoun | Alternative spelling of nailbed. [(medicine, anatomy) The area underneath a nail in a human or other mammal.] |
| nailbombnoun | Alternative form of nail bomb. [A bomb designed to cause extensive wounding by packing sharp objects around the explosive; used especially by terrorists and suicide bombers.] |
| scissors bitenoun | Alternative form of scissor bite. [A slight overbite.] |
| tickbitenoun | Alternative form of tick bite. [A bite from a tick that can pass various illnesses to the bitten host.] |
| cut-throatnoun | Alternative spelling of cutthroat. [Involving the cutting of throats.] |
| bastardisernoun | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardizer. [One who bastardizes.] |
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