Meaning of 'nut'
Meaning of 'nut' (Webster Dictionary)
- 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. - To gather nuts.
- 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. - To gather nuts.
Meaning of 'nut' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- 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
- 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
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