nut Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun usually large hard-shelled seed
noun Egyptian goddess of the sky
noun a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
noun half the width of an em
en.
noun a whimsically eccentric person
screwball; fruitcake; nut case; crackpot; crank.
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
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
verb gather nuts

OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. nöt, Dan. nöd.

(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.
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. Knight.
(Naut.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.

imperfect & past participle Nutted ; present participle & verbal noun Nutting