nut
Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plantsAny of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
» Tom says he can't eat nuts.
Том говорит, что ему нельзя орехи.
Том каже, що йому не можна їсти горіхи.
Meaning
21 senses(broadly)Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
There are many sorts of nuts: peanuts, cashews, pistachios, Brazil nuts and more.
usually large hard-shelled seed
Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
(broadly)Such a fruit that is indehiscent.
A piece of hardware, typically metal and typically hexagonal or square in shape, with a hole through it having internal screw threads, intended to be screwed onto a threaded bolt or other threaded shaft.
a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
(slang)The head.
Birne
башка́bašká, коча́нkočán, ре́паrépa
ба́штаbášta
(slang)A crazy person.
He was driving his car like a nut.
Irre, Irrer, Spinner
сумасше́дшийsumasšédšij, чо́кнутыйčóknutyj, психpsix
божеві́льнийboževílʹnyj, шале́нийšalényj, навіже́нийnavižényj
a whimsically eccentric person
(colloquial)An extreme enthusiast.
a fashion nut — a gun nut — a sailing nut
(Ireland, UK, dated, slang)An extravagantly fashionable young man.
Senses related to male genitalia.
(plural, slang, vulgar)A testicle, often used in the plural form.
I kicked him in the nuts.
Ei, Nuss
яйцо́jajcó
яє́чкоjajéčko
(slang, uncountable, vulgar)Semen, ejaculate, cum.
(countable, slang, vulgar)Orgasm, ejaculation; especially release of semen; cumshot
He just needs a good nut to make himself feel better.
(US, slang)Monthly expense to keep a venture running.
(US, slang)The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.
Examples
435 sentencesTom says he can't eat nuts.
Том каже, що йому не можна їсти горіхи.
ruТом говорит, что ему нельзя орехи.
Tom said that Mary was nuts.
Том сказав, що Мері божевільна.
ruТом сказал, что Мэри сумасшедшая.
Personally, I think Tom is nuts.
Особисто я думаю, що Том божевільний.
Personally, I think that Tom is nuts.
Особисто я думаю, що Том божевільний.
Tom told me he thought Mary was nuts.
Том сказав мені, що, на його думку, Мері божевільна.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 6
By meaning 6
By meaning 7
Origin
From Middle English note, nute, from Old English hnutu, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, frFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: nutsSynonyms
63 synonyms- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction:addictfreakjunkiejunky
- half the width of an em:en
- a whimsically eccentric person:crackpotcranknut casefruitcakescrewball
- one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens:testistesticleorchisballballockbollockegg
Word family
202 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- nuts nuts
- is nuts nuts
- eat nuts nuts
- little nuts nuts
- to nuts nuts
- allergic to nuts
- going nuts nuts
- the nuts nuts
- a little nuts
- really nuts nuts
- can't eat nuts
- nuts nuts in