Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A large-headed nail.
- idiom. dead as a doornail Undoubtedly dead.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A large nail or stud fixed in a door to receive the blow of a knocker of simple form.
Wiktionary
- n. A nail with a wide head, traditionally used in the construction and ornamentation of wooden doors.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, “As dead as a
doornail .”
WordNet 3.0
- n. a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors
Examples
“Snow (UID#1832) on August 24th, 2009 at 5: 05 pm you clearly dont have the IQ of a doornail. a doornail is far smarter than you and it has a purpose.”
“One sure sign that the Senate health care bill is dead as a doornail is the inevitable appearance of the anonymously-sourced, finger-pointing articles.”
“Alan SparrowElmswell, Suffolk• Green shoots of economic recovery, deader than a doornail, Catford, 24 April.”
“June 26th, 2009 3: 52 pm ET move on dot org ... you are something else altogether again, mind bogglingly misinformed, delusional and dip-wodd dumber than a doornail. dumb thugs.”
“Anti-lib.theol. talking points are dead as a doornail 20 years after the cold war.”
Sad news: Liberation Theology is not dead « Anglican Samizdat
“Though Bob [3] is alive and well (and the ten gallon tank has never been sparklier,) I came home yesterday to discover one of my beloved tetra stuck to the biofilter, dead as the proverbial doornail.”
“But when the insurers, pharmaceuticals and the White House agreed to play act on it it was dead as a doornail.”
The Huffington Post: Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The Public Option is Dead as a Doornail
“Poor Mr. Blaylock, dead as a doornail and lying in his bed.”
“Some varieties leaf up earlier than others, but many crape myrtles stay dormant (read: “Looks dead as a doornail”) until mid - to late-May.”
This beautiful specimen is my crape myrtle « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog
“FROM SPLASHPAGE: In the past, Aaron Eckhart has had no problems stating matter-of-factly that Two-Face was done for, telling SuperHeroHype back in September that his character was as "dead as a doornail.”
‘The Dark Knight’ Star Aaron Eckhart Hints At Possible Return Of Two-Face » MTV Movies Blog
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘doornail’.
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Door Jam
door, adore, The Doors, The Commodores, dormouse, doorway, doorbell, doorknob, doorstop, doorjamb, Hello, this is Ca..., doorbuster sale and 34 more...
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Nails
Any word or phrase with the letters n-a-i-l (in that order). Extra points for anything snaily.
nail, snail, nails, snails, thumbnail, fingernail, toenail, doornail, cut nail, wire nail, bullethead nail, finish nail and 35 more...
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Stuffie: Dead
Stuff that's dead.
last, right, straight, reckoning, ahead, duck, heat, end, beat, walking, pool, grateful and 53 more...
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Adore doors
doornik, doornail, door jam, doorjamb, doorbell, doorbelle, doorbella, adoor, closeddoor, door-to-door, dutch-door, door nailed and 52 more...
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fiery furnaces
lozel, puce, blacksmith, whiskey, hemlock, keen, penguin, dungeon, hague, mummy, croquet, eucalyptus and 51 more...
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