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bite nails
bite one's nails
1. to use one's teeth to remove parts of one's fingernails as a means of shortening them. Stop biting your nails! Use clippers!
2. to literally bite one's nails from nervousness or anxiety; to be nervous or anxious. I spent all afternoon biting my nails, worrying about you. We've all been biting our nails from worry.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Antonin | | - | French |
| Mads | | - | Danish |
| Cornelio | | kor-NE-lyo | Spanish, Italian |
| Amor | | - | Roman Mythology, Late Roman, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Slavko | | - | Croatian, Serbian, Slovene |
| WitoŁD | | - | Polish (Archaic) |