nail

Meanings

• horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
• a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
• a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
• attach something somewhere by means of nails
  • "nail the board onto the wall"
• take into custody
• hit hard
• succeed in obtaining a position
  • "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
• succeed at easily
  • "She nailed her astrophysics course"
• locate exactly
  • "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
• complete a pass

Synonyms

ace, apprehend, arrest, blast, boom, breeze through, collar, complete, cop, nab, nail down, pass with flying colors, peg, pick up, pinpoint, sail through, smash, sweep through