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nutlike

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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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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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Science Dictionary
nut   (nŭt)  Pronunciation Key 
A dry, indehiscent simple fruit consisting of one seed surrounded by a hard and thick pericarp (fruit wall). The seed does not adhere to the pericarp but is connected to it by the funiculus. A nut is similar to an achene but larger. Acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, and hazelnuts are true nuts. Informally, other edible seeds or dry fruits enclosed in a hard or leathery shell are also called nuts, though they are not true nuts. For instance, an almond kernel is actually the seed of a drupe. Its familiar whitish shell is an endocarp found within the greenish fruit of the almond tree. Peanuts are actually individual seeds from a seed pod called a legume.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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