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English Idioms :: nut
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nut - See: HARD NUT TO CRACK or TOUGH NUT TO CRACK. |
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Traditional English :: NUT
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nut - abbr.
(in the UK) National Union of Teachers. |
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Traditional English :: nut
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nut - n. & v. --n. 1 a a fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel. b this kernel.
2 a pod containing hard seeds.
3 a small usu. square or hexagonal flat piece of metal or other material with a threaded hole through it for screwing on the end of a bolt to secure it.
4 sl. a person's head.
5 sl. a a crazy or eccentric person. b an obsessive enthusiast or devotee (a health-food nut).
6 a small lump of coal, butter, etc.
7 a a device fitted to the bow of a violin for adjusting its tension. b the fixed ridge on the neck of a stringed instrument over which the strings pass.
8 (in pl.) coarse sl. the testicles. --v.intr. (nutted, nutting) seek or gather nuts (go nutting). do one's nut sl. be extremely angry or agitated. for nuts colloq. even tolerably well (cannot sing for nuts). nut cutlet a cutlet-shaped portion of meat-substitute, made from nuts etc. nut-house sl. a mental home or hospital. nut-oil an oil obtained from hazelnuts and walnuts and used in paints and varnishes. nuts and bolts colloq. the practical details. nut-tree any tree bearing nuts, esp. a hazel. off one's nut sl. crazy. nutlike adj. [OE hnutu f. Gmc] |
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Related Words
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organic
acorn
allergy
banana
bread
recipe
muffin
beech
baby
food
betel
brasnet
brazil
butter
cashew
coupling
dried
fruit
gorilla
lug
grape
grass
hazel
hickory
honey
cheerios
jake
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kola
lychee
mac
oil
white
chocolate
macadamia
cookie
mixed
narcotic
health
seed
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Most Often Usage
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organic nut
acorn nut
nut allergy
banana nut bread recipe
banana nut muffin
banana nut bread
beech nut
beech nut baby food
betel nut
brasnet
brazil nut
nut butter
cashew nut
coupling nut
dried fruit and nut
gorilla lug nut
grape nut
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