nail gun

See also: nailgun

English

A nail gun

Alternative forms

• nailgun

Noun

nail gun (plural nail guns)

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.

   Synonym: nailer

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

     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.

Translations

gun which drives nails

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 釘槍／钉枪 (zh) (dīngqiāng)

• Danish: sømpistol c
• Finnish: naulain (fi), naulapyssy (fi) (informal)
• French: cloueur (fr) m, pistolet à clous (fr) m
• German: Druckluftnagler m
• Ido: klovagilo (io)
• Italian: sparachiodi (it)
• Japanese: ネイルガン (neirugan)
• Polish: gwoździarka f
• Portuguese: pistola de pregos f, pinador m
• Russian: пневмати́ческий молото́к m (pnevmatíčeskij molotók)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: pistola de clavos f, clavadora f
• Swedish: spikpistol c

See also

• air hammer
• staple gun

 

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