nail-biting

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nail-biting

adjective more nail-biting · most nail-biting · nailbiting

  1. idiomatic, informal That causes nervous anticipation or suspense. Yet again the phrase does not do justice to the nail-biting 750-mile journey through what is left of the ramparts put up by Genghis Khan, mountain ranges, arid plains, alien landscapes and alien people, stopping at little wooden stations identical to those the length and breadth of Russia but with t

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adj causing nervous anticipation or suspense

Italianoal cardiopalmo, da brivido, mozzafiato

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@misc{nail_biting_2026,
  title = {nail-biting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nail-biting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}