Nut Definition
nŭt
nuts, nutted, nutting
noun
nuts
An indehiscent fruit having a single seed enclosed in a hard shell, such as an acorn or hazelnut.
American Heritage
The dry, one-seeded fruit of any of various trees or shrubs, consisting of a kernel, often edible, in a hard and woody or tough and leathery shell, more or less separable from the seed itself, as the walnut, pecan, chestnut, acorn, etc.
Webster's New World
The kernel, or meat, of such a fruit.
Webster's New World
Any hard-shell fruit that will keep more or less indefinitely, as a peanut, almond, etc.
Webster's New World
A devotee; fan.
Webster's New World
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verb
nuts, nutted, nutting
To hunt for or gather nuts.
Webster's New World
To ejaculate.
American Heritage
idiom
hard nut to crack
- a person, problem, or thing difficult to understand or deal with
Webster's New World
off one's nut
- foolish, silly, or crazy
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Nut
- hard nut to crack
- off one's nut
Origin of Nut
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From Middle English nute, note, from Old English hnutu, from Proto-Germanic *hnutuz (“nut") (cf. West Frisian nút, Dutch noot, German Nuss, Danish nød, Swedish nöt), from Proto-Indo-European *knu-, *kneu- (cf. Irish cnó, Latin nux (“walnut"), Albanian nyç (“a gnarl")).
From Wiktionary
Middle English nute from Old English hnutu
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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