Fingernail [noun]
Definition of Fingernail:
nail of animal; tool shaped like nail of an animal
Synonyms of Fingernail:
● Tentacle
● Paw
● Talon
● Nipper
● Crook
● Hook
● Barb
● Spur
● Unguis
● Clapperclaw
● Fang
● Manus
● Pincer
● Grapnel
● Grappler
● Cant hook
● Nail claw
● Retractile
● Ungula
Opposite/Antonyms of Fingernail:
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Sentence/Example of Fingernail:
You’re always chewing your fingernails, hoping that your budget’s going to balance, hoping you can continue doing the work you need to do.
He took one up, eased a stray safety match from his vest pocket, flicked it with his fingernail, and lit up.
Frey reached in his pocket and pulled out a safety match and flicked it with his fingernail.
He yanked off the cover, losing most of a fingernail in the process, and removed the fuse.
Her dainty pointed fingernail, varnished blue, stabbed at points of light.
"Let's see now," he said, and ran a highly polished fingernail down a long column of names.
In one corner, he found a barely discernible indentation that might have been made by a fingernail.
Metallic feathers were thrust with clockwork precision into the wings of a skeleton bird no longer than my fingernail.
Deftly he slit the paper with his fingernail and removed a strip of it, revealing a listening device.
He took it with him to the nearest bank, feeling its folded bulk and running a fingernail along the serrated edge.