HANGNAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hangnail mean? 

• HANGNAIL (noun)
  The noun HANGNAIL has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HANGNAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANGNAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

agnail; hangnail

Hypernyms ("hangnail" is a kind of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)