Meaning & Definition of Nut in English
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Nut
/nət/
noun
1. Usually large hard-shelled seed
synonym:
- nut
2. Egyptian goddess of the sky
synonym:
- Nut
3. A small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
synonym:
- nut
4. Half the width of an em
synonym:
- en,
- nut
5. A whimsically eccentric person
synonym:
- crackpot,
- crank,
- nut,
- nut case,
- fruitcake,
- screwball
6. Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- "A golf addict"
- "A car nut"
- "A bodybuilding freak"
- "A news junkie"
synonym:
- addict,
- nut,
- freak,
- junkie,
- junky
7. One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
- "She kicked him in the balls and got away"
synonym:
- testis,
- testicle,
- orchis,
- ball,
- ballock,
- bollock,
- nut,
- egg
verb
1. Gather nuts
synonym:
- nut