wingnut

See also: wing-nut and wing nut

English

From wing +‎ nut. The political sense is a shortening of "right-wing nut".

wingnut (plural wingnuts)

A deciduous tree of the genus Pterocarya native to Asia.
Synonym: pterocarya
(Discuss⁽⁺⁾ this sense) (informal, derogatory, politics) A person who is or seems odd, eccentric, or crazy; especially, someone with bizarre or extreme political views.
Hyponyms: RWNJ, LWNJ

Near-synonyms: nut, nut job, nut case, crank, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person, Thesaurus:mad person
- 2019 November 27, Alex Henderson, AlterNet:
  On November 21, evangelist Franklin Graham (son of the late Rev. Billy Graham and a strident Trump supporter) discussed impeachment when he appeared on fellow wingnut Eric Metaxas’ radio show.
(slang, rural US) A member of the air force (in a town that hosts a USAF installation).
(slang, informal) A person with large ears.
Alternative form of wing nut (“(mechanical) nut with wing-like projections”).
Hypernyms: nut < fastener

nut with winglike projections — see wing nut

genus Pterocarya (botany)

Finnish: siipipähkinä (fi)
Georgian: ლაფანი (ka) (lapani)
German: Flügelnuss f
Mazanderani: لرک (fa) (lark), کهل (fa) (kohol) (Deylami)
Mingrelian: ლეფონი (leponi)
Persian: لرگ (larg)
Polish: skrzydłorzech
Russian: лапи́на (ru) f (lapína), крылооре́шник m (krylooréšnik), птерока́рия f (pterokárija)
Welsh: cnau adeiniog f pl

(slang) one with extreme or radical political views

odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person