nail

1. (transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.Examples: "He nailed the placard to the post."transitive

2. (intransitive) To drive a nail.Examples: "He used the ax head for nailing."Synonyms: hammerintransitive

3. (transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.Examples: "The rivets of their arms were nail'd with gold."transitive

4. (slang) To catch.Examples: "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."; "Military Intelligence seems to be on the spot in a quiet sort of way. I just met a G-2 slue-foot and he was a most efficient guy! They're keeping low, I think, until they nail their man."; "Dammit, John, I'm tired of this 'Demolition Man' stuff! […] Now, I know you've been trying to nail this psycho for two years, but try remembering a little thing called official police procedure."Synonyms: arrest, collar, nick, apprehend, begripe, capture, fang, graspslang

5. (transitive, slang) To expose as a sham.slangtransitive

6. (transitive, slang) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.Examples: "I really nailed that test."; "The chief executive and founder of Meta used his new Threads account to say Twitter had not “nailed” its opportunity to become a mega app and that his copycat version would be “focusing on kindness”."Synonyms: ace, fullbring, fulfillAntonyms: screwslangtransitive