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Nut

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Noun

1. nut

usually large hard-shelled seed

2. nut

Egyptian goddess of the sky

3. nut

a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt

4. en, nut

half the width of an em

5. crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball

a whimsically eccentric person

6. addict, freak, junkie, junky, nut

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

Example Sentences:
'a golf addict'
'a car nut'
'a bodybuilding freak'
'a news junkie'

7. ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

Example Sentences:
'she kicked him in the balls and got away'

Verb

8. nut

gather nuts

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nut

see synonyms of nut
noun
1. 
a dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit that usually possesses a woody wall
2. (not in technical use)
any similar fruit, such as the walnut, having a hard shell and an edible kernel
3. 
the edible kernel of such a fruit
4. slang
a. 
an eccentric person
b. 
a person who is mentally disturbed
5.  a slang word for head (sense 1)
6.  do one's nut
7.  off one's nut
8. 
a person or thing that presents difficulties (esp in the phrase a tough or hard nut to crack)
9. 
a small square or hexagonal block, usually metal, with a threaded hole through the middle for screwing on the end of a bolt
10. mountaineering
a variously shaped small metal block, usually a wedge or hexagonal prism (originally an ordinary engineer's nut) with a wire or rope loop attached, for jamming into a crack to provide security
. Also called: chock
11. Also called (US and Canadian): frog music
a. 
the ledge or ridge at the upper end of the fingerboard of a violin, cello, etc, over which the strings pass to the tuning pegs
b. 
the end of a violin bow that is held by the player
12. printing another word for en
13. 
a small usually gingery biscuit
14. British
a small piece of coal
verbWord forms: nuts, nutting or nutted
15. (intransitive)
to gather nuts
16. (transitive) slang
to butt (someone) with the head
abbreviation for (in Britain)
National Union of Teachers

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Nut

see synonyms of nut
noun
1. 
the dry, one-seeded fruit of any of various trees or shrubs, consisting of a kernel, often edible, in a hard and woody or tough and leathery shell, more or less separable from the seed itself, as the walnut, pecan, chestnut, acorn, etc.
2. 
the kernel, or meat, of such a fruit
3.  Loosely
any hard-shell fruit that will keep more or less indefinitely, as a peanut, almond, etc.
4. 
a small block, usually of metal, with a threaded hole through the center, for screwing onto a bolt, screw, etc.
5. 
a. 
a ridge of ebony or other hard material at the top of the fingerboard of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass
b. 
the small knob at the end of a violin bow, for tightening or loosening the hairs
6.  Informal
the initial cost of an undertaking, or the amount of money it is necessary to take in before a profit is realized on it
7.  Slang
a. 
the head
b.  [pl.]
the testicles
, a vulgar usage
8.  Slang
a. 
a foolish, crazy, or eccentric person
b. 
a devotee; fan
9.  Printing
en (sense 2)
nuts
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈnutted or ˈnutting
10. 
to hunt for or gather nuts

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nut

see synonyms of nut
n.
1.
a. An indehiscent fruit having a single seed enclosed in a hard shell, such as an acorn or hazelnut.
b. The usually edible seed of such a fruit.
c. Any of various other usually edible seeds enclosed in a hard covering such as a seed coat or the stone of a drupe, as in a pine nut, peanut, almond, or walnut.
2. Slang
a. A crazy or eccentric person.
b. An enthusiast; a buff: a movie nut.
3. Informal A difficult endeavor or problem: Painting the closet was a tough nut to crack.
4. Slang The human head.
5. Music
a. A ridge of wood at the top of the fingerboard or neck of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass.
b. A device at the lower end of the bow for a stringed instrument, used for tightening the hairs.
6. A small block of metal or wood with a central, threaded hole that is designed to fit around and secure a bolt or screw.
7. Slang
a. The cost of launching a business venture.
b. The operating expenses of a theater, theatrical production, or similar enterprise: "The [theater] has simply failed to attract enough paying customers per week to meet its nut" (Variety).
8. Vulgar Slang A testicle.
intr.v. nut·ted, nut·ting, nuts
1. To gather or hunt for nuts.
2. Vulgar Slang To ejaculate.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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