noun Download 🔗Share A hard-shelled seed. Examples : "There are many sort of nuts: peanuts, cashews, pistachios, Brazil nuts and more." food plant seed essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece of metal, usually square or hexagonal in shape, with a hole through it having machined internal threads, intended to be screwed onto a bolt or other threaded shaft. Examples : "The mechanic replaced the broken nut on the bicycle's chain. " material technical item thing machine part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A crazy person. Examples : "He was driving his car like a nut." person character mind essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The head. Examples : "The nut of the problem was a lack of communication. " body part anatomy essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Monthly expense to keep a venture running. Examples : "The bakery's monthly nut is about $500 for rent and utilities. " business finance essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs. Examples : "The nut for starting the new photography club was $50. " business finance essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stash of money owned by an extremely rich investor, sufficient to sustain a high level of consumption if all other money is lost. Examples : "The billionaire's nut was enough to keep his family in luxury even if his business ventures failed. " asset business finance economy amount value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height. Examples : "The luthier carefully adjusted the nut on the violin to ensure the strings were properly spaced. " music part technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use. Examples : "The teacher measured the whiteboard's height using a nut, which was equal to half the standard classroom whiteboard height. " type unit essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An extravagantly fashionable young man. Examples : "The new student, a real nut, wore designer clothes and boasted about his expensive car to everyone. " appearance style person culture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (chiefly plural) A testicle. Examples : "I kicked him in the nuts." body sex anatomy organ essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Semen, ejaculate. Examples : "The doctor said the patient's low sperm count meant he had a low volume of nut. " physiology sex body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Orgasm, ejaculation; especially release of semen Examples : "He just needs a good nut to make him feel better." physiology sex body sensation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An extreme enthusiast. Examples : "a fashion nut" person character attitude essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.) Examples : "The climber placed a nut in the crack to secure the rope and continue the climb. " sport technical item essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (only in attributive use) The best possible hand of a certain type, for instance: "nut straight", "nut flush", and "nut full house". Compare nuts. Examples : "nut flush = the best possible flush available" game bet essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The tumbler of a gunlock. Examples : "The old musket's nut was loose, making it hard to cock. " weapon device machine part technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place. Examples : "The carpenter carefully placed the nuts on each side of the anchor shank to hold the wood beam securely in place. " nautical part sailing essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (mostly in the form "nutting") To gather nuts. Examples : "The children went nutting in the park this weekend. " food agriculture plant action nature essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt. Examples : "The angry bullfrog nutted the smaller one, trying to drive it away. " action body sport essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (mildly) To orgasm; to ejaculate. Examples : "He nutted during the intense soccer game, surprising everyone with the sudden release. " physiology sex body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection Download 🔗Share No. Examples : ""I want to go to the park after school," said Emily. "Nut." " language communication word negative exclamation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading