nut Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun usually large hard-shelled seed
  2. noun Egyptian goddess of the sky
  3. noun a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
  4. noun half the width of an em
    en.
  5. noun a whimsically eccentric person
    screwball; fruitcake; nut case; crackpot; crank.
  6. noun someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
    freak; addict; junkie; junky.
    • a golf addict
    • a car nut
    • a bodybuilding freak
    • a news junkie
  7. noun one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
    testis; ball; orchis; ballock; bollock; egg; testicle.
    • she kicked him in the balls and got away
  8. verb gather nuts

WordNet


Nut noun
Etymology
OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. nöt, Dan. nöd.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
  2. A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt.
  3. The tumbler of a gunlock. Knight.
  4. (Naut.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
Nut intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Nutted ; present participle & verbal noun Nutting
Definitions
  1. To gather nuts.

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