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tooth and nail

tooth and nail
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tooth and neyl]
    • /tuθ ænd neɪl/
    • /tuːθ ənd neɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tooth and neyl]
    • /tuθ ænd neɪl/

Definitions of tooth and nail words

  • adverb tooth and nail with all one's resources or energy; fiercely: We fought tooth and nail but lost. 1
  • adverb tooth and nail fight: fiercely 1
  • noun tooth and nail with ferocity and force 0
  • noun tooth and nail with all one's strength or resources 0
See all 4 definitions of tooth and nail

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Origin of tooth and nail

First appearance:

before 1525
One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1525-35

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Parts of speech for Tooth and nail

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Tooth and nail

tooth and nail popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for tooth and nail

verb tooth and nail

  • by hand — If you do something by hand, you do it using your hands rather than a machine.

adv tooth and nail

  • ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
  • fiercely — menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
  • frighteningly — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
  • horribly — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
  • irresistibly — not resistible; incapable of being resisted or withstood: an irresistible impulse.

adverb tooth and nail

All 9 Synonyms of tooth and nail

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