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Meaning of 'nut' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nut [ n.]
- 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.
- 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.
- The tumbler of a gunlock.
- A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
2 . Nut [ v. i.]
- To gather nuts.

Meaning of 'nut' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . nut [ n]
Meaning (1):
- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
Example in sentence:
  • a bodybuilding freak;
  • a car nut;
  • a golf addict;
  • a news junkie
Meaning (2):
- one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
Example in sentence:
  • she kicked him in the balls and got away

Nearby Words:

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