nail gun en · NOUN
Meanings
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A power tool used to drive nails into a surface easily. It is powered pneumatically, electrically, or in some cases with a propellant cartridge; conceptually akin to air guns and firearms.
Downing the drink in a single gulp, I move over to the Anatolian white-oak armoire where I keep a brand-new nail gun I bought last week at a hardware store near my office in Wall Street. After I've slipped on a pair of black leather gloves, I make sure the nail gun is loaded.
1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 244:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nail guns | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| nailgun | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (18)
da sømpistol (gun which drives nails) · ru пневмати́ческий молото́к (gun which drives nails) · cmn 釘槍 /钉枪 (gun which drives nails) · fi naulain (gun which drives nails) · fr cloueur (gun which drives nails) · io klovagilo (gun which drives nails) · mi pū nēra (gun which drives nails) · ja ネイルガン (gun which drives nails) · pt pistola de pregos (gun which drives nails) · pl gwoździarka (gun which drives nails) · sv spikpistol (gun which drives nails) · it sparachiodi (gun which drives nails) · es clavadora (gun which drives nails) · fi naulapyssy (gun which drives nails) · fr pistolet à clous (gun which drives nails) · de Druckluftnagler (gun which drives nails) · pt pinador (gun which drives nails) · es pistola de clavos (gun which drives nails)