nail Jell-O to a wall in 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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

Inflected forms

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"nail Jell-O to a wall" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms