nutcracker Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a compound lever used to crack nuts open
  2. noun any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
    nuthatch.
  3. noun speckled birds that feed on nuts

WordNet


Nut"crack`er noun
Definitions
  1. An instrument for cracking nuts.
  2. (Zoöl.) (a) A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects. (b) The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America.

Webster 1913