hangnail

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Noun hangnail has 1 sense

hangnail, agnail - a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
--₁ is a kind of skin, tegument, cutis

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Hangnail

Noun: A small piece of torn skin at the side or base of a fingernail.

Sense 1: A painful condition caused by the tear of a piece of skin next to a fingernail.

Sample sentence: He winced as he accidentally caught the hangnail on his finger.

Sense 2: Informally used to refer to a minor annoyance or inconvenience.

Sample sentence: Missing the bus was just a hangnail in his otherwise perfectly planned day.

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