Finger or finishing follower (4 letters)

{ Answer }

NAIL

{ Related Clues }

Catch
Claw
Fasten
Fastener
___ polish
Tenpenny ___
"For want of a ___ . . . "
"For want of a ___ the . . . "
Brad or spad
Catch a crook
Catch a thief
Digital protection
Do perfectly
Drive tenpennies
File or polish
Kind of file
Manicurist's target
Polish preceder
One taking a pounding
___ down (make final)
One that gets hit on the head
It's at your fingertip
Something often polished
It can scratch an itch
It may be filed
It's right at your fingertip
Something to be hit on the head
Something an office worker might file

{ Tags }

brad, catch, do, eg, fasten, fastener, file, finger, get, gets, handed, head, hit, it, its, nail, perfectly, polish, red, spad, target

{ Notes }

The answer NAIL is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.

{ Definition }

NAIL as a noun:

1. horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

2. a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

3. a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

NAIL as a verb:

1. attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall"

2. (collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop) = take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

3. (smash, nail, boom, blast) = hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"

4. (nail down, nail, peg) = succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

5. (breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail) = succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"

6. (pinpoint, nail) = locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"

7. (complete, nail) = complete a pass