nut

B2
Pronunciation
[nɐt]
/nʌt/
/nʌt/
Noun
18 definition(s)
1 Definition

A hard-shelled seed.

Example Sentences
  • There are many sort of nuts: peanuts, cashews, pistachios, Brazil nuts and more.
2 Definition

A piece of metal, usually square or hexagonal in shape, with a hole through it having machined internal threads, intended to be screwed onto a bolt or other threaded shaft.

3 Definition

A crazy person.

Synonyms
loony nutbag nutcase nutter
Example Sentences
  • He was driving his car like a nut.
4 Definition

The head.

Synonyms
bonce noodle
5 Definition

Monthly expense to keep a venture running.

6 Definition

The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.

7 Definition

A stash of money owned by an extremely rich investor, sufficient to sustain a high level of consumption if all other money is lost.

8 Definition

On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.

9 Definition

En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use.

10 Definition

An extravagantly fashionable young man.

11 Definition

(chiefly plural) A testicle.

Synonyms
ball bollock nads
Example Sentences
  • I kicked him in the nuts.
12 Definition

Semen, ejaculate.

13 Definition

Orgasm, ejaculation; especially release of semen

Example Sentences
  • He just needs a good nut to make him feel better.
14 Definition

An extreme enthusiast.

Example Sentences
  • a fashion nut
15 Definition

A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.)

16 Definition

(only in attributive use) The best possible hand of a certain type, for instance: "nut straight", "nut flush", and "nut full house". Compare nuts.

Example Sentences
  • nut flush = the best possible flush available
17 Definition

The tumbler of a gunlock.

18 Definition

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

Verb
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

(mostly in the form "nutting") To gather nuts.

2 Definition

To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt.

3 Definition

(mildly) To orgasm; to ejaculate.

Interjection
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

No.