Meaning

2 senses

  1. A nut with a knurled rim which can be turned with thumb and forefinger.

    a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning

  2. Synonym of wingnut.

Origin

From thumb + nut.

From thumb + nut.

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Forms

plural: thumbnuts
Singularthumbnut
Pluralthumbnuts

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
wingnut
Close in meaning
  • a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning:wing nutwing-nutwing screwbutterfly nut

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
thumbB1thumbnailthumbtackthumpB1

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