hangnail

English - Turkish

Definition of hangnail in English Turkish dictionary

şeytantırnağı

(isim) şeytan tırnağı

tırnak ucundaki deri

(Tıp) Tırnak yatağından çıkan dar bir deri bandı, şeytantırnağı

{i} şeytan tırnağı

English - English

Definition of hangnail in English English dictionary

A loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail

A pointed upper corner of the toenail (often created by improperly trimming by rounding the corner) that, as the nail grows, presses into the flesh or protrudes so that it may catch (“hang”) on stockings or shoes

{i} partly detached piece of skin next to a fingernail (often painful or inflamed)

a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected

a piece of skin that has become loose near the bottom of your fingernail (agnail (15-18 centuries), from angnAgl)

Coat hook

A small piece or sliver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of a finger nail

What you hang your coat on

A loose, narrow strip of dead skin protruding near the base of a fingernail or toenail

Related Terms

hangnails

plural of hangnail

Hyphenation

hang·nail

Synonyms

agnail

Etymology

() Corruption of agnail (literally “painful (anguished) nail”), by folk-etymological reanalysis as hang +‎ nail; from Middle English agnail, from Old English angnæġl, from ang- (“tight/painful”) + næġl (“nail”). The first component, ang-, is cognate to anguish, anger, and angst, while næġl is the origin of nail. Original sense of “loose strip of tissue”; the sense of “pointed corner of nail” is modern, and is connected with the reanalysis, due to stockings catching or “hanging” on the nail.