"nail Jell-O to a wall" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: nails Jell-O to a wall [present, singular, third-person], nailing Jell-O to a wall [participle, present], nailed Jell-O to a wall [participle, past], nailed Jell-O to a wall [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} nail Jell-O to a wall (third-person singular simple present nails Jell-O to a wall, present participle nailing Jell-O to a wall, simple past and past participle nailed Jell-O to a wall)
  1. Alternative form of nail Jell-O to a tree Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nail Jell-O to a tree
    Sense id: en-nail_Jell-O_to_a_wall-en-verb-FoVYe5zn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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