NAIL-BITING

Meaning of NAIL-BITING in English

If you describe something such as a story or a sports match as nail-biting , you mean that it makes you feel very excited or nervous because you do not know how it is going to end.

...the nail-biting legal thriller, ‘The Pelican Brief’.

ADJ

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

NAIL-BITING — adjective see: nail-biter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NAIL-BITING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : habitual biting at the fingernails usually being symptomatic of emotional tensions and frustrations b. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NAIL-BITING — — nail-biter , n. /nayl"buy'ting/ , n. 1. the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, esp. as the result …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NAIL BITING — chewing one's fingernails
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NAIL-BITING — see nail-biter
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAIL-BITING — ■ adjective causing great anxiety or tension.
Concise Oxford English vocab
NAIL-BITING — adjective [ usually before noun ] making you feel very excited or anxious because you do not know what is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAIL-BITING — ˈnail-ˌbiting BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] extremely exciting because you do not know what is going to happen next: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NAIL-BITING — If you describe something such as a story or a sports match as ~, you mean that it makes you …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NAIL-BITING — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The World Series provided a number of nail-biting moments. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NAIL-BITING — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
NAIL-BITING — adj. Nail-biting is used with these nouns: ↑ finish , ↑ suspense , ↑ wait
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NAIL-BITING — 1. прил.; разг. возбужденный, нервный Syn : nervous 2. сущ. 1) привычка грызть ногти 2) разг. бессмысленное занятие привычка грызть …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NAIL-BITING — n 1. привычка грызть ногти 2. разг. бесполезное, бессмысленное занятие
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NAIL-BITING — 1. прил.; разг.возбужденный, нервный Syn:nervous 2. сущ.1) привычка грызть ногти 2) разг. бессмысленное занятие
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NAIL BITING — (n) бесполезное занятие; бессмысленное занятие; привычка грызть ногти
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
NAIL-BITING — n 1. привычка грызть ногти 2. разг. бесполезное, бессмысленное занятие
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
NAIL-BITING — n 1. привычка грызть ногти 2. разг. бесполезное, бессмысленное занятие
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
NAIL-BITING — 1. прил. ; разг. возбужденный, нервный Syn: nervous 2. сущ. 1) привычка грызть ногти 2) разг. бессмысленное занятие
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NAIL-BITING — 1. прил.; разг. возбужденный, нервный Syn: nervous 2. сущ. 1) привычка грызть ногти 2) разг. бессмысленное занятие
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NAIL-BITING — 1. _a. _собир. нервный, возбужденный 2. _n. 1> привычка грызть ногти 2> _собир. бесполезное, бессмысленное занятие
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
NAIL-BITING — 1. a. собир. нервный, возбужденный 2. n. 1. привычка грызть ногти 2. собир. бесполезное, бессмысленное занятие
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
NAIL-BITING — 1. прил.; разг. возбужденный, нервный Syn : nervous 2. сущ. 1) привычка грызть ногти 2) разг. бессмысленное занятие привычка грызть …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BITING — ma hait
English-Visayan vocabulary
BITING — adjective Date: 14th century having the power to bite , ~ly adverb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NAIL — I. ˈnāl, esp before pause or consonant ˈnāəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BITING — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of biten : that bites or tends to bite especially with the production …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BITING — (a.) That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.
Английский словарь Webster
BITING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bite
Английский словарь Webster
BITING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Bite
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BITING — ( a. ) That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NAIL — — nailless , adj. — naillike , adj. /nayl/ , n. 1. a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BITING — — bitingly , adv. — bitingness , n. /buy"ting/ , adj. 1. nipping; smarting; keen: biting cold; a biting sensation …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BITING — n. nipping, nibbling; gnawing; morsel, small bit of food
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NAIL — I. ˈnāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nægl; akin to Old High German nagal nail, fingernail, Latin unguis …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BITING — adjective Date: 14th century : having the power to bite a biting wind especially : able to grip and impress …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAIL — noun to spike, as a cannon. 2. nail ·noun to stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. 3. …
Webster English vocab
BITING — adj that bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. 2. biting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of bite.
Webster English vocab
NAIL — [nail] n [ME, fr. OE naegl; akin to OHG nagal nail, fingernail, L unguis fingernail, toenail, claw, Gk onyx] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NAIL
Britannica English vocabulary
NAIL — nail, Nail BrE AmE neɪ ə l ▷ nailed neɪ ə ld ▷ nailing ˈneɪ ə l ɪŋ ▷ nails …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BITING — biting BrE AmE ˈbaɪt ɪŋ AmE \ ˈbaɪt̬ ɪŋ ▷ biting|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NAIL
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITING — / ˈbaɪtɪŋ; NAmE / adjective 1. ( of a wind ) very cold and unpleasant 2. ( of remarks ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAIL — I. nail 1 S3 /neɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nægl ] 1 . a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BITING — bit ‧ ing /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . a biting wind is unpleasantly cold SYN icy : A biting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NAIL — n. & v. --n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BITING — adj. 1 stinging; intensely cold (a biting wind). 2 sharp; effective (biting wit; biting sarcasm). øøbitingly adv.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NAIL — n. & v. n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BITING — adj. 1 stinging; intensely cold (a biting wind). 2 sharp; effective (biting wit; biting sarcasm). bitingly adv.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NAIL — n. & v. --n. 1. a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Oxford English vocab
BITING — adj.1 stinging; intensely cold (a biting wind). 2 sharp; effective (biting wit; biting sarcasm). Derivatives: bitingly adv.
Oxford English vocab
NAIL — ( nails, nailing, nailed) 1. A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITING — 1. Biting wind or cold is extremely cold. ...a raw, biting northerly wind... Antarctic air brought biting cold to southern …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITING — 1. Biting wind or cold is extremely cold. ...a raw, ~ northerly wind... Antarctic air brought ~ cold to southern …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NAIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a nail bomb (= containing nails ) as tough as nails/as tough as old …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BITING — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an icy/biting/bitter wind (= very cold ) ▪ She shivered in the icy wind. savage/stinging/vicious/biting …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BITING — [adjective], [adverb] - (of weather) extremely cold, esp. in a way that can cause you to feel physical paina biting …
Cambridge English vocab
NAIL — noun 1 on the fingers/toes ⇨ See also ↑ fingernail , ↑ toenail ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ▪ sharp …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BITING — adj. Biting is used with these nouns: ↑ chill , ↑ cold , ↑ insect , ↑ sarcasm , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BITING — n. 25B6; adjective biting comments : VICIOUS, harsh, cruel, savage, cutting, sharp, bitter, scathing, caustic, acid, acrimonious, acerbic, stinging; vitriolic, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BITING — adj. severe, harsh, cutting, piercing, penetrating, keen, sharp, bitter; cold, wintry, freezing The biting wind went right through his thin …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
NAIL — 1. сущ. 1) ноготь to cut, pare, trim one's nails ≈ стричь ногти to do, manicure one's nails ≈ делать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BITING — прил. 1) едкий, острый 2) резкий, язвительный Syn : sarcastic острый, едкий резкий, пронизывающий - * wind резкий ветер язвительный, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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