nut (n.)

  1. usually large hard-shelled seed

  2. Egyptian goddess of the sky

    [ Syn: nut ]

  3. a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt

  4. half the width of an em

    [ Syn: en ]

  5. a whimsically eccentric person

    [ Syn: crackpot , crank , nut case , fruitcake , screwball ]

  6. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; a golf addict; a car nut; a bodybuilding freak; a news junkie

    [ Syn: addict , freak , junkie , junky ]

  7. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; she kicked him in the balls and got away

    [ Syn: testis , testis , testicle , testicle , orchis , orchis , ball , ball , ballock , ballock , bollock , bollock , egg , egg ]

    nut (v.)

  1. gather nuts

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