Definitions for nail-biting

nail-biting nail-bit·ing

Spelling: [neyl-bahy-ting]
IPA: /ˈneɪlˌbaɪ tɪŋ/

Nail-Biting is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in nail-biting (-abgiiilnnt).

Definitions for nail-biting

noun

  1. the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, especially as the result of anxiety or nervousness.
  2. Informal. nervousness:

adjective

  1. Informal. causing nervousness:

Origin of nail-biting

First recorded in 1890-95

Examples for nail-biting

During the nail-biting 2008 Democratic presidential primary, Obama was in it to win it.

Kelley Armstrong's New York Times bestselling Darkest Powers trilogy comes to a nail-biting conclusion with The Reckoning.

Four years ago, a billion people watched as the World Cup final was decided by the nail-biting process and Italy edged France.

A sports movie and a redemption story and a drug movie and a nail-biting tale of success!

There are moments of exultation and frustration, of nail-biting anxiety, and the normal banter that characterizes any workplace.

Certain other childish habits, such as nail-biting, have also been described as sexual manifestations.

When are nail-biting and dirt-eating seen, and how are they to be controlled?

Word Value for nail-biting
Scrable

4

Words with friends

6

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