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Definition: Nailer |
NailerNoun1. A worker who attaches something by nailing it. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nailer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Occupations | Tends nailing, slugging, stapling, or tacking machine that attaches shoe parts, such as heel, insole, and shank to partially assembled shoes: Aligns parts on bed of machine, or positions them under machine head. Depresses pedal that lowers holding device, or holds parts against guide. Depresses pedal or lever that drives fasteners into parts. Fills hopper of nailing or tacking machine, or replaces wire spool on spindle of slugging or stapling machine. May brush cement onto parts prior to joining. May be designated according to part joined as Heeler, Machine (boot & shoe); Insole Tacker (boot & shoe); Ornament Stapler (boot & shoe); Top-Lift Nailer (boot & shoe). May be designated: Bow Stapler (boot & shoe); Buckle Stapler (boot & shoe); Fiber-Heel-Piece Shaper (boot & shoe); Gore Stapler (boot & shoe); Heel-Seat Filler (boot & shoe); Heel-Seat-Flap Stapler (boot & shoe); Nail Welter (boot & shoe); Outsole Tacker (boot & shoe); Platform Stapler (boot & shoe); Rand Tacker (boot & shoe); Shank Stapler (boot & shoe); Sole Stapler, Welt (boot & shoe); Toe Stapler (boot & shoe). (references) |
| Fastens wooden bottoms in metal jackets used as protective covering for containers, such as gasoline and oilcans: Fits jackets over cans and inserts circular wooden block into jackets, flush with edge of jackets and against bottoms of cans. Drives nails through lower rim of jackets into wooden bottoms. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Nailer |
| Specialty definitions using "nailer": BOX MAKER, BOX MAKER, WOOD ♦ carpenter, box, case maker ♦ dry-wall nailer ♦ FUR NAILER ♦ rate builder. (references) |
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Consumer Goods |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Nailer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nailer" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "nailer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Nailer | Last name | 100 | 80,680 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "nailer": nailer-farmers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
framing nailer | 64 |
brad nailer | 61 |
air nailer | 40 |
nailer | 36 |
floor nailer | 34 |
finish nailer | 33 |
palm nailer | 32 |
hardwood floor nailer | 25 |
roofing nailer | 21 |
bostitch nailer | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nailer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zoti (baboo, Mister, mr., owner, Sir), mjeshtër (artificer, artisan, artist, dab, jack of all trades, master, mechanic, nark, old hand, overseer, workman). (various references) | |
Arabic | صانع المسامير, بائع المسامير. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | спец (dab, fiend, oner), фабрикант на пирони. (various references) | |
Chinese | 敲丁工. (various references) | |
French | cloutier. (various references) | |
German | Nagelschmied. (various references) | |
Greek | καρφωτήσ (pegger, riveter, spiker). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szegkovács. (various references) | |
Italian | fabbricante di chiodi. (various references) | |
Korean | 명수. (various references) | |
Manx | treineyder. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailernay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pregador (homily, preaching, predicate), perito (Ace, adept, authority, competent, connoisseur, dab, deft, experienced, expert, expert opinion, hakim, judge, land surveyor, master, proficient, referee, sciential, scientific, skilled, specialist, surveyor, versed), mestre (adept, boss, educe, gaffer, Governor-elect, instructor, maestro, master, skipper, teacher), mal feito (catchpenny, rough and ready, sodden), fabricante de pregos, exemplar (copy, example, exemplar, exemplary behavior, issue, pattern, specimen). (various references) | |
Romanian | om foarte talentat, forjor de cuie, as (Ace, champion). (various references) | |
Russian | гвоздарь, мастер (artisan, cobbler, craftsman, craftsmen, foreman, master, monumental mason, overseer, steamfitter). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zakivač (clincher), dobar trkački konj. (various references) | |
Spanish | fabricante de clavos, espécimen excelente. (various references) | |
Swedish | spikare. (various references) | |
Thai | ที่ตอกตะปู. (various references) | |
Ukranian | чудовий екземпляр, цвяхар, майстер (artiste, craftsman, deacon, foreman, master, overman, overseer, stunner, workman). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người t i ba, thợ l m đinh đ" vật ho n hảo, tay cừ khôi. (various references) | |
Welsh | hoeliwr. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nailer": nailers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "nailer" (pronounced 'Nail"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser, Amender, Amuser, Animadverter, Annealer, Annexer, Annoyer, Anointer, Another, Antiburgher, Anticoherer, Antirenter, Aper, Appeacher, Appealer, Appearer, Appeaser, Applauder, Applier, Appointer, Apposer, Appraiser, Apprehender, Apprizer, Approacher, Archer, Arraigner, Arrayer, Arrester, Arriver, Ascertainer, Asperser, Aspirer, Assailer, Assaulter, Assayer, Assenter, Asserter, Assever, Assigner, Assister, Assizer, Assumer, Assurer, Atafter, Atoner, Attacker, Attempter, Attender, Attirer, Attracter, Augmenter, Autocoherer, Autotransformer, Averter, Avoider, Avoucher, Avower, Avoyer, Awarder, Aweather, Backer, Backslider, Baiter, Baker, Ballooner, Bander, Banker, Baptizer, Barricader, Bather, Bawler, Beaker, Bearer, Beater, Becker, Bedewer, Beflower, Begrimer, Beguiler, Behither, Beholder, Belcher, Beleper, Believer, Bemoaner, Bencher, Bender, Bereaver, Beseecher, Beslaver, Besmearer, Bespeaker, Bestower, Betrayer, Bewailer, Bewitcher, Bewrayer, Binder, Birder, Biter, Blamer, Blasphemer, Blaster, Bleacher, Bleater, Bleeder, Blencher, Blender, Blesser, Blinder, Blinker, Bloater, Blockader, Bloomer, Bluffer, Blusher, Boarder, Booker, Booser, Booster, Boozer, botcher, Bounder, Bourder, Bouser, Boyer, Braiser, Brancher, Brander, Brawler, Brawner, Breaker, Breather, Breeder, Brewer, Briber, Bringer, Broacher, Broider, browser, Bruiser, Brusher, Budger, buffer, Builder, Bulker, Burgher, Burler, Burner, Burster, Buyer, Buzzer, Cajoler, Calciner, Caloyer, Campaigner, Camper, Carder, Carouser, Carper, Carver, Cashierer, Catcher, Causer, Cawker, Cementer, Champer, Charmer, Chastiser, Chaunter, Cheater, Cheerer, Cherimoyer, Chewer, Chicaner, Chider, Chimer, Chirper, Choker, Choler, Chooser, Circumscriber, Citer, Clacker, Claimer, Clamper, Clasper, Cleanser, Cleaver, Clever, Clicker, Clincher, Clinker, Clumper, Coacher, Coaster, Coaxer, Codger, Coherer, Coincider, Coiner, Colluder, Combiner, Come-outer, Comer, Comether, Commander, Commender, Commuter, Compacter, Comparer, Compiler, Complainer, Complier, Composer, Compounder, Compter, Comptroler, Computer, Concealer, Conceiver, Concluder, Concocter, Condenser, Conder, Condoler, Confeder, Confesser, Confider, Confirmer, Conformer, Confounder, Confrier, Confronter, Confuter, Conniver, Consenter, Conserver, Consoler, Conspirer, Constrainer, Constructer, Consulter, Consumer, Container, Contender, Contradicter, Contravener, Contriver, Convener, Converser, Converter, Conveyer, Cooter, Coplaner, Corer, Corrupter, Cosher, Coucher, Cougher, Courser, Courter, Cowalker, Coworker, cracker, Craker, Craver, crawler, Creeper, Crier, Crimper, Crisper, Croaker, Crocker, Crofter, Crusader, Crusher, Cryer, Culler, Curer, Curler, Curser, Curtailer, Dansker, Darer, Darner, Dasher, Dater, Dauber, Daunter, Dealer, Debaser, Debater, Debaucher, Decanter, Decayer, Deceiver, Decider, Decker, Declaimer, Declarer, Decliner, Decoherer, Decoyer, Decreer, Decrier, Defamer, Defaulter, Defender, Defenser, Defier, Defiler, Definer, Deflourer, Deflower, Deformer, Deforser, Defrauder, Defrayer, Dehorter, Dejecter, Delayer, Delighter, Deluder, Delver, Demander, Depainter, Departer, Depender, Deposer, Depraver, Depriver, Derider, Deriver, Descanter, descender, Describer, Descrier, Deserter, Deserver, Designer, Desirer, Despairer, Despiser, Despoiler, Desponder, Detailer, Detainer, Detecter, Detester. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aliner, larine, linear, renail. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-r" | |
-1 letter: alien, aline, anile, ariel, elain, learn, liane, liner, renal. | |
-2 letters: airn, anil, aril, earl, earn, elan, ilea, lain, lair, lane, lari, lean, lear, liar, lien, lier, line, lira, lire, nail, near, rail, rain, rale, rani, real, rein, rial, riel, rile. | |
-3 letters: ail, ain, air, ale, ane, ani, are, ear, era, ern, ire, lar, lea, lei, lie, lin, nae, nil, ran, rei, ria, rin. | |
-4 letters: ae, ai, al, an, ar, el, en, er, in, la, li, na, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-r" | |
+1 letter: aileron, airline, aliener, alienor, aligner, aliners, carline, engrail, hernial, inhaler, inlayer, lankier, latrine, manlier, marline, mineral, nailers, nargile, plainer, praline, ralline, ratline, ravelin, realign, reginal, relaxin, reliant, renails, retinal, trenail. | |
+2 letters: acrolein, ailerons, airliner, airlines, airplane, alerting, algerine, alieners, alienors, aligners, allergin, altering, auntlier, barnlike, bilander, bilinear, blearing, carlines, clarinet, clearing, colinear, dragline, elaterin, engrails, entailer, entrails, finagler, flanerie, fraulein, gainlier, ganglier, geranial, geraniol, germinal, gnarlier, grapline, hairline, hardline, hibernal, inarable, inertial, infernal, inflamer, inflater, inhalers, inhauler, inlander, inlayers, integral, interlap, interlay, internal, interval, irenical, islander, janglier, lagering, lanciers, latrines, layering, learning, linearly, maligner, malinger, marlines, minerals, mislearn, narghile, nargileh, nargiles, nearlier, oriental, overlain, pearling, pelorian, perineal, pralines, rainless, ratlines, raveling, ravelins, realigns, regaling, regional, relacing, relating, relation, relaxing, relaxins, relaying, reliance, renailed, retinals, retinula, rifleman, rinsable, ruinable, signaler, slangier, snarlier, tanglier, tenurial, terminal, tramline, trapline, treenail, trenails, triangle, triplane, valerian, yearling. | |
+3 letters: acroleins, airliners, airplanes, algerines, alienator, allergins, allethrin, almonries, animalier, antiglare, antiulcer, arecoline, arsenical, ashlering, aureoling, avirulent, bairnlier, ballerina, bandolier, barreling, baseliner, bilanders, brainless, breadline, bromelain, calendric, carnelian, cellaring, censorial, certainly, cisternal, clarinets, clarioned, clavering, cleanlier, clearings, clearwing, collinear, coralline, cornelian, declaring, derailing, draglines, drinkable, earliness, earthling, elaterins, engrailed, enlarging, entailers, erosional, explainer, faltering, finaglers, flaneries, flatliner, flauntier, frailness, frangible, frauleins, geranials, geraniols, girandole, gnarliest, granulite, graplines, graveling, greenmail, hairlines, haltering, harlequin, headliner, heralding, ignorable, implanter, incurable, inferable, inflamers, inflaters, inhaulers, inlanders, installer, insurable, integrals, interclan, interlace, interlaid, interlaps, interlard, interlays, intermale, internals, interplay, intervale, intervals, islanders, laagering, lackering, laddering, lamebrain, laniaries, lappering, larcenies, larcenist, larkiness, lathering, laundries, laureling, laveering, lawyering, layerings, learnings, legionary, linearise, linearity, linearize, liveryman, luminaire, madrilene, maligners, malingers, marveling, millenary, minelayer, mislearns, mislearnt, narghiles, nargilehs, natrolite, nearliest, neuralgia, neuralgic, neuroglia, nonlinear, nonpareil, normalise, normalize, numerical, orientals, painterly, paltering, parceling, pargyline, parhelion, parleying, pellagrin, percaline, perennial, perinatal, philander, piperonal, planisher, porcelain, printable, prolamine, rappeling, rationale, ravelings, ravelling, realigned, realising, realizing, recalling, recoaling, redialing, refalling, reflating, reflation, regionals, reglazing, reimplant, reinflate, reinstall, relapsing, relations, releasing, reliances, reliantly, reloading, reloaning, remailing, renailing, repealing, replacing, replating, replaying, reptilian, resailing, rescaling, resealing, reslating, retailing, retinulae, retinular, retinulas, revaluing, revealing, saintlier, searingly, semilunar, sensorial, serotinal, shearling, signalers, signaller, slavering, snarliest, spanglier, sterilant, superlain, tailender, tellurian, terminals, tillerman, trainable, trameling, tramlines, traplines, traveling, treadling, treenails, triangles, triennial, trilinear, triplanes, trivalent, ultrafine, underlaid, underlain, unilinear, universal, unmanlier, unreality, unridable, unrivaled, unwarlike, uredinial, valerians, vernalize, versional, waterline, wearingly, womanlier, yearlings. | |
+4 letters: adenoviral, adrenaline, adulterine, aldermanic, alienators, alimentary, allergenic, allethrins, alteration, anglerfish, animaliers, anteriorly, antilitter, appareling, arecolines, arsenicals, bairnliest, ballerinas, banderilla, bandoliers, barrelling, baseliners, becrawling, belaboring, biparental, blabbering, blandisher, blarneying, blathering, blattering, blazonries, bleariness, branchline, breadlines, brilliance, bromelains, calipering, cantilever, carnallite, carnelians, centralise, centralism, centralist, centrality, centralize, ceremonial, chandelier, chloramine, chlorinate, citronella, clabbering, clambering, clattering, clearwings, complainer, corallines, corelating, cornelians, cranesbill, credential, debonairly, delineator, derailment, disenthral, drinkables, earthlings, eliminator, engrailing, ensnarling, epicentral, eternalize, euryhaline, explainers, falconries, fingernail, flatliners, flattering, fluorinate, fraxinella, gallerying, galvanizer, generalise, generalist, generality, generalize, germinally, girandoles, grainfield, granulites, gravelling, greenmails, harlequins, headliners, heavenlier, highlander, hinterland, impearling, impersonal, implanters, inarguable, incurables, inertially, inexorable, inexorably, infernally, infiltrate, inoperable, installers, integrable, integrally, interclass, interlaced, interlaces, interlards, interlayer, interleave, interlocal, interlunar, intermodal, intermural, internally, internodal, interplant, interplays, interplead, interrenal, intertidal, intertrial, intervales, interzonal, inthralled, intolerant, intraplate, invariable, irenically, irrelevant, journalize, kallikrein, lacerating, laceration, lacquering, lacustrine, ladyfinger, lambrequin, lamebrains, languisher, larcenists, lateraling, laterizing, laundering, laureating, laureation, laurelling, lawrencium, lawyerings, leaguering, leathering, lectionary, lenticular, leveraging, liberating, liberation, linearised, linearises, linearized, linearizes, linebacker, linecaster, linerboard, lipreading, literation, longhaired, luminaires, luminaries, luxuriance, madrilenes, mainlander, malingered, malingerer, managerial, marcelling, martingale, marvelling, mercantile, meridional, minelayers, mineralise, mineralize, mineralogy, mislearned, monetarily, multirange, nalorphine, natrolites, naturalise, naturalize, neoliberal, neorealism, neorealist, nephridial, neuralgias, neurilemma, neuroglial, neuroglias, neutralise, neutralism, neutralist, neutrality, neutralize, nonliteral, nonpareils, normalcies, normalised, normalises, normalized, normalizer, normalizes, orientally, overlading, overlaying, painfuller, painkiller, palavering, palindrome, paltriness, panbroiled, parcelling, pargylines, parliament, pellagrins, penetralia, peninsular, percalines, perennials, peritoneal, philanders, piperonals, planetaria, planimeter, planishers, plastering, pleasuring, porcelains, pratincole, pregenital, prenuptial, preplacing, prevailing, prolamines, prudential, quarreling, rappelling, rationales, ravellings, realigning, realtering, reanalysis, reapplying, reavailing, recanalize, reclaiming, reclasping, recleaning, redialling, reflations, refloating, regelating, regimental, regionally, regulating, regulation, rehandling, reimplants, reinflated, reinflates, reinstalls, relabeling, relational, relaxation, relearning, relegating, relegation, relocating, relocation, repaneling, replanning, replanting, repleading, reptilians, republican, resaddling, resaluting, resampling, retackling, retailings, retinacula, revelation, rhizoplane, ringhalses, ringleader, rosemaling, rudimental, sailplaner, sanderling, seignorial, senatorial, shearlings, shrinkable, signallers, slabbering, slandering, slathering, starveling, sterilants, strandline, streamline, tailenders, tantalizer, tenurially, terminable, terminably, terminally, timberland, tolerating, toleration, torrential, tourmaline, trailering, tramelling, trammeling, trampoline, trancelike, tranquiler, travelling, triennials, trigeminal, ulcerating, ulceration, ungainlier, unicameral, unilateral, universals, unlearning, unliterary, unraveling, unrealized, unreliable, unrivalled, unsalaried, urinalyses, urogenital, velarizing, ventilator, vernalized, vernalizes, vulcanizer, waterlines, waveringly, yearningly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 61 69 6C 65 72 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .- .. .-.. . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100001 01101001 01101100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N a i l e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0061 0069 006C 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)486775787184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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