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nut

  [nuht] noun, verb, nut⋅ted, nut⋅ting.
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–noun
1. a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
2. the kernel itself.
3. Botany. a hard, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit, as the chestnut or the acorn.
4. any of various devices or ornaments resembling a nut.
5. a block, usually of metal and generally square or hexagonal, perforated with a threaded hole so that it can be screwed down on a bolt to hold together objects through which the bolt passes.
6. Slang. the head.
7. Slang.
a. a person who is very enthusiastic about something; buff; enthusiast; devotee: He's a real circus nut.
b. an extremely concerned or zealous person: My boss is a nut on double-checking everything.
8. Slang.
a. a foolish, silly, or eccentric person.
b. Offensive. an insane person; psychotic.
9. Slang: Vulgar. a testis.
10. Informal.
a. the operating expenses, usually figured weekly, of a theatrical production or other commercial enterprise; a break-even point.
b. the total cost of producing a theatrical production or of forming and opening any new business venture.
11. Music. (in instruments of the violin family)
a. the ledge, as of ebony, at the upper end of the fingerboard, over which the strings pass.
b. the movable piece at the lower end of the bow, by means of which the hairs may be slackened or tightened.
12. Printing. en (def. 2).
–verb (used without object)
13. to seek for or gather nuts: to go nutting in late autumn.
—Idioms
14. from soup to nuts. soup (def. 7).
15. hard nut to crack,
a. a problem difficult to solve; a formidable undertaking.
b. a person difficult to know, understand, or convince.
Also, tough nut to crack.
16. off one's nut, Slang.
a. Sometimes Offensive. foolish, silly, or insane.
b. confused; unreasonable.
c. mistaken or wrong: You're off your nut if you think such a plan can succeed.
Origin:
bef. 900; 1900–05 for def. 8b; ME nute, OE hnutu; c. D noot, G Nuss, ON hnot; akin to L nux

Related forms:
nutlike, adjective
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Nut

  [noot]
–noun Egyptian Religion.
the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.

N.U.T.

 
British.
National Union of Teachers.

en

  [en]
–noun
1. the letter N, n.
2. Also called nut. Printing. half of the width of an em.
–adjective
3. Printing. having the area of an en quad or the length of an en: en quad; en dash.
Origin:
1785–95
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n.  

    1. An indehiscent, hard-shelled, one-loculated, one-seeded fruit, such as an acorn or hazelnut.

    2. A seed borne within a fruit having a hard shell, as in the peanut, almond, or walnut.

    3. The kernel of any of these.

    4. A crazy or eccentric person.

    5. An enthusiast; a buff: a movie nut.

    6. A ridge of wood at the top of the fingerboard or neck of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass.

    7. A device at the lower end of the bow for a stringed instrument, used for tightening the hairs.

    8. The cost of launching a business venture.

    9. The operating expenses of a theater, theatrical production, or similar enterprise: "The [theater] has simply failed to attract enough paying customers per week to meet its nut" (Variety).

  2. Slang

    1. A crazy or eccentric person.

    2. An enthusiast; a buff: a movie nut.

    3. A ridge of wood at the top of the fingerboard or neck of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass.

    4. A device at the lower end of the bow for a stringed instrument, used for tightening the hairs.

    5. The cost of launching a business venture.

    6. The operating expenses of a theater, theatrical production, or similar enterprise: "The [theater] has simply failed to attract enough paying customers per week to meet its nut" (Variety).

  3. Informal A difficult endeavor or problem: Painting the closet was a tough nut to crack.

  4. Slang The human head.

  5. Music

    1. A ridge of wood at the top of the fingerboard or neck of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass.

    2. A device at the lower end of the bow for a stringed instrument, used for tightening the hairs.

    3. The cost of launching a business venture.

    4. The operating expenses of a theater, theatrical production, or similar enterprise: "The [theater] has simply failed to attract enough paying customers per week to meet its nut" (Variety).

  6. A small block of metal or wood with a central, threaded hole that is designed to fit around and secure a bolt or screw.

  7. Slang

    1. The cost of launching a business venture.

    2. The operating expenses of a theater, theatrical production, or similar enterprise: "The [theater] has simply failed to attract enough paying customers per week to meet its nut" (Variety).

  8. Vulgar Slang A testicle.

intr.v.   nut·ted, nut·ting, nuts
To gather or hunt for nuts.

[Middle English nute, from Old English hnutu.]
nut'ter n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
nut

  1. n.
    an odd or strange person; a crazy person. : Some nut is going to try to fly from the top of one building to another.
  2. n.
    [one's] head. : The baseball came in fast. Clonk! Right on the nut!
  3. n.
    an enthusiast (about something). : Paul is a nut about chocolate cake.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

nut 
"hard seed," O.E. hnutu, from P.Gmc. *khnut- (cf. O.N. hnot, Du. noot, O.H.G. hnuz, Ger. nuß "nut"), from PIE *knu- "lump" (cf. L. nux, see nucleus). Sense of "testicle" is attested from 1915. Nuts as a derisive retort is attested from 1931. The nut that goes onto a bolt is first recorded 1611 (used of other small mechanical pieces since 1426). Amer.Eng. slang sense of "amount of money required for something" is first recorded 1912. Nuts and bolts "fundamentals" is from 1960.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

nut

In addition to the idioms beginning with nuts, also see drive someone crazy (nuts); from soup to nuts; hard nut to crack.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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