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Synonyms and Antonyms of nailing
- the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook
banging, bashing, batting, belting, biffing, bludgeoning, bobbing, bonking, bopping, boxing, busting, clapping, clipping, clobbering, clocking, clouting, cracking, hammering, hitting, knocking, pasting, pounding, punching, rapping, slamming, slapping, slogging, slugging, smacking, smiting, socking, striking, swatting, swiping, tagging, thumping, thwacking, walloping, whacking, whaling, zapping
battering, beating, buffeting, bunging, chopping, cuffing, drubbing, lacing, lambasting, licking, mangling, mauling, pelting, peppering, pommeling (or pommelling), pummeling (also pummelling), roughing
bunting, flicking, stroking, tapping
bumping, butting, jabbing, jostling, kicking, kneeing, poking, prodding, pushing, shoving, stamping
bowling (down or over), creaming, decking, dumping [slang], felling, flooring, knocking down, leveling (or levelling)
rabbit-punching, sucker punching
caning, clubbing, cudgeling (or cudgelling), flailing, flogging, lashing, sapping, slashing, sledgehammering, sledging, spearing, stabbing, switching, thrashing, whipping
- this latest infidelity nails it—I'm filing for divorce
- an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others
- the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed
apprehending, arresting, busting [slang], collaring, nabbing, nicking [British slang], picking up, pinching, pulling in, restraining, running in, seizing
bagging, capturing, catching, getting, grabbing, grappling, hooking, landing, snapping (up), snaring, snatching, trapping
committing, confining, detaining, holding, immuring, imprisoning, incarcerating, interning, jailing, jugging, locking (up)
binding, enchaining, fettering, handcuffing, manacling, shackling, trammeling (or trammelling)
- the running back saw the pass coming in and nailed it
gloving, haltering, lassoing, roping
apprehending, arresting, detaining
clasping, clutching, fastening (on), fisting, grasping, gripping, holding, latching (on or onto), securing
enmeshing (also immeshing), ensnaring, entangling, entrapping, meshing
abducting, kidnapping (also kidnaping), spiriting (away or off)
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