hangnail
noun
a small piece of partly detached skin at the side or base of the fingernail.
hangnails
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pluralof hangnail.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But the truth is that the MCU has always had hangnails, and its world-building has never made much sense.
From The Verge ● Jul. 8, 2019
Though he is supposedly fine now, hangnails tend to require major surgeries with this team.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 31, 2015
The perionychium is the site of hangnails, ingrown nails, and an infection of the skin called paronychia.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
They'd all have to have hangnails and blisters for that to add up.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2011
She was forever biting her fingertips, chewing off bloody hangnails as she stared out the window.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
