muck vs nail

muck

verb
  • To do a dirty job. 

  • To manure with muck. 

  • To shovel muck. 

  • To vomit. 

  • To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed. 

noun
  • Heroin. 

  • Semen. 

  • Soft (or slimy) manure. 

  • The pile of discarded cards. 

  • Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty. 

  • Grub, slop, swill 

  • Slimy mud, sludge. 

nail

verb
  • To expose as a sham. 

  • To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails. 

  • To catch. 

  • Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with. 

  • To spike, as a cannon. 

  • To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon. 

  • To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully. 

  • To fix (an object) to another object using a nail. 

  • To drive a nail. 

  • To nail down: to make certain, or confirm. 

noun
  • A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction. 

  • The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds. 

  • The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera. 

  • A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol. 

  • An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂₀ of an ell or ¹⁄₁₆ of a yard (2+¹⁄₄ inches or 5.715 cm). 

  • The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. 

  • The claw of a bird or other animal. 

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