nut

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Related terms 1.4 Verb 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Derived terms 3 Scots 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Interjection

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English nute < Old English hnutu. Cognate with Latin nux, Dutch noot, Old High German nuz (German Nuss), Old Norse hnot (Danish nød, Icelandic hneta, hnot, Swedish nöt) and West Frisian nút.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: nŭt, IPA: /nʌt/, SAMPA: /nVt/
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  Rhymes: -ʌt

[edit] Noun

nut (plural nuts)

1. A hard-shelled seed.
2. A fastener: a piece of metal, usually square or hexagonal in shape, with a hole through it having machined internal threads, intended to be screwed onto a bolt or other threaded shaft.
3. (informal) A crazy person.
4. (slang) The head.
5. (vulgarity, slang, rarely used in the singular) A testicle.
6. (US, slang) The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.
   • 1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Harper Perennial (2005), page 11:

     My attorney was waiting in a bar around the corner. “This won't make the nut,” he said, “unless we have unlimited credit.”

7. (US, slang) A stash of money owned by an extremely rich investor, sufficient to sustain a high level of consumption if all other money is lost.
8. (music) On string instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
9. (typography slang) En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use.
10. An extreme enthusiast, such as a gun nut or car nut.

[edit] Synonyms

• (insane person): loony, nutbag, nutcase, nutter
• (the head): bonce, noodle (See further synonyms under head)
• (a testicle): ball, bollock (taboo slang), nads

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[edit] Verb

to nut (third-person singular simple present nuts, present participle nutting, simple past and past participle nutted)

1. (transitive, slang) To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt.
2. (intransitive, slang) To ejaculate (semen).

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nut n. (plural nutten, diminutive nutje)

1. use, benefit

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• nuttig

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /nʌʔ/

[edit] Interjection

nut!

1. (South Scots) no; used to show disagreement or negation.