noun🔗ShareA short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles."The farmer's boots had several hobnails hammered into the soles to provide better grip on the muddy fields. "materialitemwearChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA clownish person; a rustic.""The farmer, a true hobnail, showed up to the town meeting wearing muddy boots and complaining loudly about the price of corn." "personcharacterhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo fit with hobnails."a machine for the hobnailing of shoes"wearmaterialtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes."The angry crowd began to hobnail the posters on the ground after the protest. "wearactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading