nail-biting



nail-biting

a nail-biting event or period of time makes you feel very nervous, usually because you are waiting for something important to happen (always before noun) The teams were very evenly matched and played a close game right up to the nail-biting finish.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Allanson['ælənsn]
Maximilianus-Ancient Roman
Ken[ken]
Bettina (2)bet-TEE-nahItalian
Iovianus-Ancient Roman
Timotheos-Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek