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Meaning
Noun
●
Any of various
hard
-shelled
seeds
or
hard
,
dry
fruits
from various
families
of plants.
●
In Botany:
Any of various
hard
-shelled
seeds
or
hard
,
dry
fruits
from various
families
of plants.
Such a
fruit
that is indehiscent.
●
A
piece
of
hardware
,
typically
metal
and
typically
hexagonal
or
square
in shape
, with a
hole
through it having
internal
screw threads
,
intended
to be
screwed
onto a
threaded
bolt
or other
threaded
shaft.
●
The
head
. [from c.]
The head.
●
A
crazy
person.
●
An
extreme
enthusiast.
●
In British English:
An
extravagantly
fashionable
young
man.
●
In Anatomy:
Senses related to
male
genitalia.
The
glans
(structure at the
extremity
of the
penis
or of the clitoris).
A testicle.
Semen, ejaculate.
⚠️
In Anatomy & Foods:
Senses related to
male
genitalia.
Orgasm,
ejaculation
; especially
release
of semen.
●
In American English:
Monthly
expense
to keep a
venture
running.
●
In American English:
The amount of money
necessary
to
set up
some
venture
;
set-up
costs.
●
In American English:
A
stash
of money
owned
by an
extremely
rich
investor
,
sufficient
to
sustain
a high level of
consumption
if all other money is lost.
●
In Lutherie & Musical instruments:
On
stringed instruments
such as
guitars
and
violins
, the small
piece
at the
peghead
end of
the
fingerboard
that
holds
the
strings
at the
proper
spacing
and, in most
cases
, the
proper
height.
●
In Typography:
En, a
unit of measurement
equal
to
half
of the
height
of the type in use.
●
In Climbing & Fasteners:
A
shaped
piece
of
metal
,
threaded
by a
wire
loop
, which is
jammed
in a
crack
in the
rockface
and used to
protect
a
climb
. (Originally,
machine
nuts
[sense #2] were used for this purpose.)
●
In Poker:
The best possible
hand
of a certain
type,
for instance
:
nut straight
,
nut flush
, and
nut full house
. Compare
nut
s (“the best possible
hand
available”).
●
In Firearms & Fasteners:
The
tumbler
of a gunlock.
●
In Nautical:
A
projection
on each
side
of the
shank
of an
anchor
, to
secure
the
stock
in place.
●
A small
rounded
cake
or cookie.
●
Alternative form of
nuth
(“Indian
nose
ring”)
Verb
●
To
gather
nuts.
●
In British English:
To
hit
deliberately
with the
head
; to
head
butt.
⚠️
To
orgasm
; to ejaculate.
●
To
hit
in the testicles.
●
To
defeat
thoroughly.
Intj
●
In Scottish English:
No.
Name
●
Initialism of National Union of Teachers.
●
The
goddess
who
serves
as the
personification
of the sky.
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Origin
nut
English
nute
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
⚠️
Synonyms words may be vulgar
Related
⚠️
Related words may be vulgar
Rhymes
Ut
Gut
Tut
But
Nut
Jut
Hut
Cut
Shat
Butt
Putt
Scut
Mutt
Slut
Shut
What
Glut
Abut
Donut
Strut
Recut
Rebut
Abutt
Peanut
Walnut
Astrut
Coconut
Somewhat
Uppercut
Shortcut
Hazelnut
Crosscut
Undercut
Scuttlebutt
You-Know-What
Prime Cut
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