Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nail the hammer on the head

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: nail the ham-mer on the -head
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Nonstandard form of hit the nail on the head.

Example Sentences

"As far as solving this math problem goes, I'd say you pretty much nailed the hammer on the head."

Inflected Forms

nails the hammer on the head (present, singular) nailing the hammer on the head (participle, present) nailed the hammer on the head (participle, past) nailed the hammer on the head (past)

Questions

What does nail the hammer on the head mean?: Nonstandard form of hit the nail on the head.

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