'Hangnail' definitions:
Definition of 'hangnail'
(from WordNet)
noun
A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected [syn: hangnail, agnail]
Definition of 'Hangnail'
From: GCIDE
- Hangnail \Hang"nail`\ (-n[=a]l`), n. [A corruption of agnail.] A small piece or sliver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of a finger nail. --Holloway. [1913 Webster]