nut

nut  (nt) n. 1. a. An indehiscent, hard-shelled, one-loculated, one-seeded fruit, such as an acorn or hazelnut. b. A seed borne within a fruit having a hard shell, as in the peanut, almond, or walnut. c. The kernel of any of these. 2. Slang a. A crazy or eccentric person. b. An enthusiast; a buff: a movie nut. 3. Informal A difficult endeavor or problem: Painting the closet was a tough nut to crack. 4. Slang The human head. 5. Music a. A ridge of wood at the top of the fingerboard or neck of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass. b. A device at the lower end of the bow for a stringed instrument, used for tightening the hairs. 6. A small block of metal or wood with a central, threaded hole that is designed to fit around and secure a bolt or screw. 7. Slang a. The cost of launching a business venture. b. The operating expenses of a theater, theatrical production, or similar enterprise: "The [theater] has simply failed to attract enough paying customers per week to meet its nut" (Variety). 8. Vulgar Slang A testicle. intr.v. nut·ted, nut·ting, nuts To gather or hunt for nuts. [Middle English nute, from Old English hnutu.] nutter n.

nut clockwise from top: T-nut, hex cap, wing, and hex nuts

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nut [nʌt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit that usually possesses a woody wall

2. (not in technical use) any similar fruit, such as the walnut, having a hard shell and an edible kernel

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the edible kernel of such a fruit

4. Slang

a.  an eccentric person

b.  a person who is mentally disturbed

5. a slang word for head [1]

do one's nut Brit slang to be extremely angry; go into a rage

off one's nut Slang mad, crazy, or foolish

8. a person or thing that presents difficulties (esp in the phrase a tough or hard nut to crack)

9. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a small square or hexagonal block, usu. metal, with a threaded hole through the middle for screwing on the end of a bolt

10. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) Mountaineering a variously shaped small metal block, usually a wedge or hexagonal prism (originally an ordinary engineer's nut) with a wire or rope loop attached, for jamming into a crack to provide security Also called chock

11. (Music / Instruments) Also called (US and Canadian) frog Music

a.  the ledge or ridge at the upper end of the fingerboard of a violin, cello, etc., over which the strings pass to the tuning pegs

b.  the end of a violin bow that is held by the player

12. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing another word for en

13. (Cookery) a small usually gingery biscuit

14. Brit a small piece of coal

vb nuts, nutting, nutted

1. (intr) to gather nuts

2. (tr) Slang to butt (someone) with the head See also nuts

[Old English hnutu; related to Old Norse hnot, Old High German hnuz (German Nuss)]

nutlike  adj

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NUT (in Britain)

abbreviation for

(Social Science / Education) National Union of Teachers

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nut (nʌt)

n., v. nut•ted, nut•ting. n.

1. a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.

2. the kernel itself.

3. a hard, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit, as the chestnut or the acorn.

4. a block, usu. of metal, perforated with a threaded hole so that it can be screwed down on a bolt to hold together objects through which the bolt passes.

5. Slang. a devotee or zealot.

6. Slang.

a. a foolish, silly, or eccentric person.

b. an insane person.

7. Often, nuts.Slang: Usu. Vulgar. the testicles.

8.

a. the operating expenses of a commercial enterprise, usu. figured weekly; break-even point.

b. the total cost of financing a venture.

9. (in an instrument of the violin family) a ledge at the upper end of the fingerboard over which the strings pass.

v.i.

10. to seek for or gather nuts.

Idioms:

a hard or tough nut to crack,

a. a difficult problem.

b. a person difficult to understand or convince.

[before 900; Middle English nute, Old English hnutu; c. Middle Dutch note, neute (Dutch noot), Old High German (h)nuz (German Nuss), Old Norse hnot]

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nut  (nt)

A dry, indehiscent simple fruit consisting of one seed surrounded by a hard and thick pericarp (fruit wall). The seed does not adhere to the pericarp but is connected to it by the funiculus. A nut is similar to an achene but larger. Acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, and hazelnuts are true nuts. Informally, other edible seeds or dry fruits enclosed in a hard or leathery shell are also called nuts, though they are not true nuts. For instance, an almond kernel is actually the seed of a drupe. Its familiar whitish shell is an endocarp found within the greenish fruit of the almond tree. Peanuts are actually individual seeds from a seed pod called a legume.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nut - usually large hard-shelled seed       edible nut - a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell cedar nut, cembra nut - the seed of the Swiss pine cola nut, kola nut - bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract mast - nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground palm kernel, palm nut - seed of any oil palm seed - a small hard fruit nutlet - a small nut
	2.	Nut - Egyptian goddess of the sky
	3.	nut - a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt block - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" hex nut - a nut with a hexagonal shape locknut, safety nut - supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening nut and bolt - a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt square nut - nut with a square shape packing nut, stuffing nut - a nut used to tighten a stuffing box butterfly nut, thumbnut, wing screw, wing-nut, wing nut - a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning
	4.	nut - half the width of an em en linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length pica em, em, pica - a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
	5.	nut - a whimsically eccentric person       crackpot, fruitcake, nut case, screwball, crank eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, flake, geek - a person with an unusual or odd personality
	6.	nut - 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" addict, freak, junkie, junky enthusiast, partizan, partisan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity gym rat - someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa
	7.	nut - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" ballock, bollock, testicle, testis, orchis, egg, ball arteria testicularis, internal spermatic artery, testicular artery - a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles testicular vein, vena testicularis - a vein from the testicles male reproductive system - the reproductive system of males family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals - external male sex organs seminiferous tubule - any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature gonad, sex gland - a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced cobblers - a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball) male reproductive gland - the reproductive organs of a man undescended testicle, undescended testis - a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops; "undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer" epididymis - a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens rete testis - network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia ductus deferens, vas deferens - a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct spermatic cord - a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves
Verb	1.	nut - gather nuts gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

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nut

noun

1. kernel, stone, seed, pip Nuts are a good source of vitamin E.

2. (Slang) fanatic, addict, enthusiast, freak, buff (informal), devotee a football nut who spends thousands of pounds travelling to watch games

3. (Slang) madman, eccentric, flake (slang, chiefly U.S.), psycho (slang), crank (informal), lunatic, maniac, loony (slang), nutter (Brit. slang), oddball (informal), crackpot (informal), basket case (slang), wacko (slang), nutcase (slang), headcase (informal), headbanger (slang) Some nut with a gun walked in and just opened fire on the diners. (Slang)

4. head, skull, noggin He took a bottle and smashed me over the nut.

nuts and bolts essentials, basics, fundamentals, nitty-gritty (informal), practicalities, ins and outs, details Social skills are the nuts and bolts of social interaction.

Nuts

almond, beech nut, brazil nut, butternut, cashew, chestnut, chinquapin, chincapin, or chinkapin, coco de mer, dwarf chestnut, earthnut or pignut, hazelnut, filbert, cobnut, or cob, macadamia or Queensland nut, marron, peanut, monkey nut, or groundnut, pecan, pine nut or pine kernel, pistachio, quandong, walnut

Translations

nut [nʌt]

A. N

1. (Tech) → tuerca f
the nuts and bolts of a scheme → los aspectos prácticos de un proyecto

2. (Bot) → nuez f
to be a hard or tough nut it's a hard or tough nut to crack → es un hueso duro de roer
he's a tough nut → es un tipo duro

3. (= head) → coco m
to do one's nut (Brit) → salirse de sus casillas
to be off one's nut → estar chiflado or chalado
you must be off your nut! → ¿tú estás chalado o qué?

4. (= crazy person) → chiflado/a m/f, chalado/a m/f

5. nuts (= testicles) → cojones mpl, huevos mpl

6. nuts! → ¡narices!

B. CPD nut chocolate N → chocolate m de nueces
nut tree N (= hazel) → avellano m; (= walnut) → nogal m

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nut [ˈnʌt]

n

(= fruit) terme générique désignant les noix, noisettes, etc (= walnut) → noix f (= hazelnut) → noisette f (= peanut) → cacahuète f
a tough nut to crack (= difficult problem) → un casse-tête

(made of metal) → écrou m
nuts and bolts → écrous et boulons
the nuts and bolts of sth (fig) → les détails pratiques de qch

(= crazy person) → cinglé(e) m/f

(= fanatic) a football nut → un(e) fana mf de foot
a health-food nut → un(e) fana mf de diététique

modif

[chocolate] → aux noisettes
to have a nut allergy → être allergique aux noix
nut cutlet → galette à base de cacahuètes, noix, etc)f végétarienne >

vt (British) (= headbutt) → donner un coup de boule à >

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nut

n

(Bot) → Nuss f; (of coal) → kleines Stück; a packet of nuts and raisins → eine Tüte Studentenfutter; a hard or tough nut to crack (fig) → eine harte Nuss

(inf: = head) → Nuss f (inf), → Birne f (inf); use your nut! → streng deinen Grips an! (inf); to be off one’s nut → nicht ganz bei Trost sein (inf), → spinnen (inf); to go off one’s nut → durchdrehen (inf); to do one’s nut (Brit inf) → durchdrehen (inf) ? also nuts

(inf: = person) → Spinner(in) m(f) (inf); he’s a tough nut (inf) → er ist ein harter or zäher Brocken (inf)

(inf: = enthusiast) → Fan m, → Freak m (inf); computer nut → Computerfreak m (inf); to be a car/football nut → autonärrisch/fußballverrückt sein (inf)

(Mech) → (Schrauben)mutter f; the nuts and bolts of a theory → die Grundbestandteile einer Theorie

nuts pl (sl: = testicles) → Eier pl (sl)

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nut:

nutbrown

adj → nussbraun

nutcase

n (inf) → Spinner(in) m(f) (inf)

nutcracker

n, nutcrackers

pl → Nussknacker m

nuthatch

n → Kleiber m

nuthouse

n (inf, lit, fig) → Irrenhaus nt (inf); (lit also) → Klapsmühle f (inf)

nutmeg

n

(= spice) → Muskat (→ nuss f) m; (also nutmeg tree) → Muskatnussbaum m

(Ftbl inf: = play of ball through opponent’s legs) → Tunneln nt; nut! → super (inf) → or endgeil (sl) → getunnelt

vt (Ftbl inf) → tunneln; to nut the goalie → dem Torwart durch die Hosenträger spielen (inf)

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nut [nʌt]

1. n

a. (Bot) → noce f (or nocciola or mandorla ) (no generic term in Italian) nuts npl → frutta sg secca
a bag of mixed nuts → un sacchetto di frutta secca mista

b. (Tech) → dado (Mountaineering) → nut m inv

c. (fam) (head) → zucca
he is off his nut → gli manca una rotella, è svitato

d. (fam) (person) → pazzo/a, matto/a

2. adj (chocolate) → alle noci (or alla nocciola or alla mandorla )
see also nuts

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nut (nat) noun

1. a fruit consisting of a single seed in a hard shell. a hazel-nut; a walnut. neut مُكَسَّرات: جَوز، لَوز، بُنْدُق ядка noz ořech die Nuß nød; -nød καρπός με σκληρό περίβλημα, καρύδι fruto seco pähkel گردو pähkinä fruit à écale אֶגוֹז सुपारी orah, lješnjak dió biji-bijian hneta noce, nocciola, nocciolina 木の実 견과(堅果) riešutas rieksts kacang noot nøtt orzech چهارمغز noz nucă; alună орех orech, oriešok oreh orah nöt ผลไม้แห้งเปลือกแข็ง sert kabuklu meyve 堅果 горіх سخت چھلکے کا گري دار ميوہ quả hạch 坚果

2. a small round piece of metal with a hole through it, for screwing on the end of a bolt to hold pieces of wood, metal etc together. a nut and bolt. moer صَمولَه، عَزْقَه гайка porca matice die Mutter møtrik παξιμάδι (μεταλλικό εξάρτημα) tuerca mutter مهره mutteri écrou אוּם लोहे की ढिबरी matica vijka anya(csavar) mur ró dado ナット 너트, 암나사 veržlė uzgrieznis; uzmava kacang moer mutter nakrętka مرى porca piuliţă гайка matica matica vijaka navrtanj mutter สลักที่มีรูตรงกลาง somun, civata somunu 螺帽 муфта, гайка بولٹ ميں لگنے والا سوراخ دار لوہے کا ٹکڑا đai ốc 螺母，螺帽

ˈnutty adjective

1. containing, or tasting of, nuts. a nutty flavour. neutagtig ذو طّعْم الجَوز أو اللوز с ядки de nozes ořechový nussig nøddeagtig που περιέχει ή έχει γεύση σαν καρύδι que sabe a nuez pähkli- پر گردو؛ پرفندق pähkinänmakuinen aux noisettes, au goût de noisette שֶׁל אֶגוֹזִים जहामेवा बहुतायात हो jezgra dióízű berisi kacang hnetu-, með hnetum alle noci, che sa di noce 木の実の 나무열매와 같은 맛의 riešuto riekstu- berperisa met noten med nøtter/nøttesmak orzechowy د چهارمغز مزه لرونكى de nozes cu (gust de) nucă содержащий орехи; имеющий вкус ореха orechový orehov s ukusom oraha med nötsmak ซึ่งมีรสถั่ว fındık ya da ceviz tadı olan, fındıklı, cevizli 含堅果的，有堅果味的 горіховий نٹ جيسا، نٹ پر مشتمل có mùi vị hạnh nhân 产坚果的，有坚果味的

2. a slang word for mad. He's quite nutty. mal, gek مَخْبول، مُخْتَل العَقْل смахнат maluco praštěný bekloppt skør μουρλός (λαϊκ.) chalado peast segi ديوانه hullu cinglé מְשוּגָע पागल lud, čudan dilis gila klikkaður matto, pazzo 狂った 머리가 돈, 미친 pakvaišęs jucis, ķerts gila getikt sprø, gal stuknięty ديوانه maluco ţă­că­nit чокнутый šibnutý prismuknjen ćaknut knasig, knäpp ต๊อง ๆ deli, kaçık (俚語)發瘋的，古怪的 не всі вдома پاگل gàn dở （口）发疯的，狂热的

ˈnutcracker noun

(usually in plural) an instrument for cracking nuts open. a pair of nutcrackers. neutkraker كَسّارة الجَوز والبُنْدُق лешникотрошачка quebra-nozes louskáček der Nußknacker nøddeknækker καρυοθραύστης cascanueces pähklitangid فندق شکن pähkinänsärkijä casse-noisettes מַפצֵח אֶגוֹזִים सरौता drobilo (kliješta) za orahe diótörő pemecah biji hnetubrjótur schiaccianoci くるみ割り 호두까는 기구 riešutų spaustukai riekstu knaiblītes kacip kekeras notenkraker nøtteknekker dziadek do orzechów د چهار مغز ماتونكى quebra-nozes spărgător de nuci щипцы для орехов luskáč klešče za orehe krckalica za orahe nötknäppare เครื่องกะเทาะเปลือกถั่วแข็งให้แตก fındık/ceviz kıracağı 堅果壓碎器，胡桃鉗 щипці для горіхів نٹ پھوڑنے کا آلہ cái kẹp hạt dẻ 夹碎坚果的钳子，胡桃钳

ˈnutshell noun

the hard covering of a nut. neutedop قِشْر الجَوز черупка casca de noz ořechová skořápka die Nußschale nøddeskal καρυδότσουφλο cáscara de nuez pähklikoor پوست فندق و بادام و غيره pähkinänkuori coquille de noix קְלִיפַּת אֶגוֹז अखरोट आदि का छिलका orahova ljuska dióhéj kulit kacang hnotskurn guscio di noce 木の実の殻 견과(堅果)의 껍질 riešuto kevalas rieksta čaumala kulit kacang notendop nøtteskall skorupka orzecha د چهارمغز پوست casca de noz coa­jă de nucă ореховая скорлупа orechová škrupina orehova lupina ljuska od oraha nötskal เปลือกถั่ว fındık/ceviz vb. kabuğu 堅果殼 горіхова шкаралупа نٹ کا سخت چھلکا vỏ quả hạch 坚果壳

in a nutshell

expressed, described etc very briefly. I'll tell you the story in a nutshell. in 'n neutedop باخْتِصار накратко em resumo v kostce in aller Kürze i en nøddeskal με δυο λόγια en pocas palabras kokkuvõtlikult بطور خيلى مختصر؛ در چند کلمه pähkinänkuoressa en un mot בְּקִיצוּר संक्षेप वर्णन u najkraćim crtama, jezgrovito dióhéjban secara singkat í hnotskurn brevemente, (in poche parole) 簡単に 한 마디로 labai trumpai, glaustai īsumā, dažos vārdos pendek kata kort samengevat i et nøtteskall w największym skrócie په څو كلماتو كښى em resumo pe scurt в двух словах v kocke jedrnato ukratko i ett nötskal, i korthet อย่างย่อ kısaca 一言以蔽之 коротко, стисло اختصاراً nói ngắn gọn 简单概括

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nut → جوزة, صمولة matka, ořech møtrik, nød Mutter, Nuss ξηρός καρπός, παξιμάδι fruto seco, tuerca mutteri, pähkinä écrou, noix matica, orašac dado, noce ナッツ, ナット 견과, 너트 moer, noot mutter, nøtt nakrętka, orzech noz, porca гайка, орех mutter, nöt แป้นเกลียวของสลัก, ถั่ว fındık fıstık, vida somunu đai ốc, hạt 坚果, 螺母

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nut

n.  nuez; [mad] loco-a, maniático-a; [screw] tuerca.