| wing nut n. A nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning. Also called thumbnut. |   |
wing nut
n
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a threaded nut tightened by hand by means of two flat lugs or wings projecting from the central body Also called butterfly nut
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| Noun | 1. | wing nut - any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia genus Pterocarya, Pterocarya - Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts Caucasian walnut, Pterocarya fraxinifolia - medium-sized Caucasian much-branched tree distinguished from other walnut trees by its winged fruit nut tree - tree bearing edible nuts |
| 2. |  wing nut - a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turningnut - a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt |
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