Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of fingernail.
Examples
“And the dirt under my fingernails is from gardening, not grave-digging.”
Essay by Tess Gerritsen, author of The Apprentice and The Surgeon
“And that image of a family man with blood under his fingernails is going to stay with me for a long time.”
“I was going to say the same thing as Julie: the best way to trim an infant's fingernails is to put her finger in your mouth and nibble the nail off with your teeth.”
“Apparently, cutting baby's fingernails is sure to bring the curses of hell upon the pobrecito and condemn it to a life of ill-health.”
“Some good news for the many iPhone users frustrated with the smartphone’s onscreen keyboard (my wife, with her long fingernails, is one of them).”
“As a POW the enemy pulled off all his finger nails and toe nails (his fingernails are all missing, I never saw him without shoes on so I can't vouch for his toenails being gone).”
“My hands were pretty calloused after all that shoveling, and my fingernails were a mess.”
The Huffington Post: Maria Rodale: Beth Terry's Plastic-free Gardening Adventure
“ A fight so vicious I still recall my fingernails scrapping the hardwood floor as I tucked my head between my knees, fearing an actual blow was headed my way; imagining how horrid to be a battered woman with a Ph. D.”
“What do you do when the only tool to clean your fingernails is a chainsaw?”
The Volokh Conspiracy » A 230 mpg Hybrid — and It’s a Chevrolet:
“When she spoke out loud and gave us a little passion, it was called fingernails on a chalkboard.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fingernails’.
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Tsic! tsic! tsic!
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potto, prosimian, strepsirrhine, toothcomb, gum, primate, vertebrae, groom, pelage, nocturnal, claw, canopy and 20 more...
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reesetee Can't speak for anyone else, but I was objecting to the whole nail-biting, hobbit-sticking idea rather than the word itself. ;-) Dec 14, 2007
sarra Not sure what's so objectionable about the pronunciation. Do you use the same kind of sound for both ns? For me it's /'fiŋ-gə-naɪls/. ŋ is "ng", the tongue closed at the back of the palate. A journey forward! Dec 14, 2007
reesetee Eeew. Dec 14, 2007
bilby I haven't been keeping abreast of meteorologically-relevant arboreal hobbit digitry. I'm stuffed. Dec 14, 2007
sionnach plus there's that subliminal reminder of hobbits stuck in the forest during inclement weather: fangornhails Dec 14, 2007
bilby Please don't bite your fingernails dear. We've told you so many times. Dec 14, 2007
limberbellona worst word ever.
"finger" is bad enough without the "n" directly after it. your tongue has to do a weirdness in your mouth to pronounce this. "fin. fingern. ails."
ew. Dec 14, 2007