Definition of Nut

Noun: nut  nút

1. A hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell
   - edible nut
    
2. A large hard-shelled seed
    
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
   - en
    
5. A whimsically eccentric person
   - crackpot, crank, nut case, fruitcake, screwball
    
6. Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
   "a car nut";
   - addict, freak, junkie, junky
    
7. One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
   "she kicked him in the nuts and got away";
   - testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, egg
    
8. Informal term for a human head
   "use your nut";
   - bean, bonce [Brit], noodle, noggin, dome, nob, skull, noddle [Brit]
    
9. [US] (informal) the amount of money necessary to set up or run some venture

1. Gather nuts

1. Egyptian goddess of the sky

See also:
Nusku
nutant

Anagrams containing the word nut

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