nail gun

noun

A power tool used to drive nails into a surface easily. It is powered pneumatically, electrically, or in some cases with a propellant cartridge; conceptually akin to air guns and firearms.

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nailer
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Meanings

nounnail gun (plural nail guns)

plural nail guns · alternative nailgun

  1. A power tool used to drive nails into a surface easily. It is powered pneumatically, electrically, or in some cases with a propellant cartridge; conceptually akin to air guns and firearms.

    Downing the drink in a single gulp, I move over to the Anatolian white-oak armoire where I keep a brand-new nail gun I bought last week at a hardware store near my office in Wall Street. After I've slipped on a pair of black leather gloves, I make sure the nail gun is loaded.

    1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 244

    Synonyms: nailer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA power tool used to drive nails into a surface easily. It is powered pneumatically, electrically, or in some cases with a propellant cartridge; conceptually akin to air guns and firearms.

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nailer

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 釘槍 /钉枪
  • 釘槍 /钉枪 (dīngqiāng)gun which drives nails
Danish sømpistol
  • sømpistolgun which drives nails
Finnish naulain, naulapyssy
  • naulaingun which drives nails
  • naulapyssygun which drives nails
French cloueur, pistolet à clous
  • cloueurgun which drives nails
  • pistolet à clousgun which drives nails
German Druckluftnagler
  • Druckluftnaglergun which drives nails
Italian sparachiodi
  • sparachiodigun which drives nails
Japanese ネイルガン
  • ネイルガン (neirugan)gun which drives nails
Māori pū nēra
  • pū nēragun which drives nails
Polish gwoździarka
  • gwoździarkagun which drives nails
Portuguese pistola de pregos, pinador
  • pistola de pregosgun which drives nails
  • pinadorgun which drives nails
Russian пневмати́ческий молото́к
  • пневмати́ческий молото́к (pnevmatíčeskij molotók)gun which drives nails
Spanish pistola de clavos, clavadora
  • pistola de clavosgun which drives nails
  • clavadoragun which drives nails
Swedish spikpistol
  • spikpistolgun which drives nails
Cite this entry
APA

nail gun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nail%20gun

MLA

“nail gun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nail%20gun. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nail gun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nail%20gun.

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