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nut

UK/nɐt/ US/nʌt/ common slang uk us
noun (7) verb (1)

noun

1.

usually large hard-shelled seed

2.
3.

a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt

4.

half the width of an em

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5.
6.

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”
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7.

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

  • “she kicked him in the balls and got away”
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Origin

From Middle English note, nute, from Old English hnutu, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts (“nut”), from a root *knu- possibly shared with Proto-Celtic *knūs and Latin nux (“nut”). Based on the form of the nouns and the restriction of the root to Germanic, Celtic and Italic, it has been argued to be of non-Indo-European (substrate) origin. See also West Frisian nút, Dutch noot, German Nuss, Danish nød, Swedish nöt, Norwegian nøtt.

Phrases

  • anacardium nut
  • anchor nut
  • areca nut
  • Bambara nut
  • Barbados nut
  • barrel nut connector
  • bat nut
  • bay nut
  • do one's nut
  • Nut (fruit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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