noun Download 🔗Share A hard-shelled seed. Examples : "There are many sort of nuts: peanuts, cashews, pistachios, Brazil nuts and more." food seed plant 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 carpenter needed new nuts to secure the wooden beams together. " material part technical machine industry item thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A crazy person. Examples : "He was driving his car like a nut." mind person character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The head. Examples : "My little brother hit his head on the table and now he has a bump on his nuts. " body part anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Monthly expense to keep a venture running. Examples : "The bakery's monthly nuts are high, requiring them to carefully manage their budget. " business finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs. Examples : "The nuts for starting the new after-school tutoring program were surprisingly high. " business finance economy 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 hedge fund manager's vast nuts were enough to support his lavish lifestyle even if his other investments failed. " asset finance business economy 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 guitar player carefully adjusted the nuts to ensure the strings were correctly spaced. " music part technical 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 font's nuts are 12 points, so the line height is 24 points. " unit type language writing technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An extravagantly fashionable young man. Examples : "The new student, a real show-off, was considered a bit of a nuts by his classmates. " appearance style person culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (chiefly plural) A testicle. Examples : "I kicked him in the nuts." anatomy body sex organ Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Semen, ejaculate. Examples : "The doctor examined the sample of the patient's nuts to confirm the diagnosis. " physiology body sex 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." sex physiology body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An extreme enthusiast. Examples : "a fashion nut" character person attitude 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 several nuts into the rock face to secure the climbing route. " sport technical material 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The tumbler of a gunlock. Examples : "The old flintlock pistol needed new nuts to work properly. " part weapon military technical 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 the anchor shank to hold the wooden beam in place. " nautical part vehicle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (mostly in the form "nutting") To gather nuts. Examples : "The children went nutting in the park, collecting acorns and other nuts. " food agriculture plant nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt. Examples : "The angry dog nuts the mailman, trying to scare him away. " action body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (mildly) To orgasm; to ejaculate. Examples : "After the long presentation, the nervous student finally felt the pressure release and nutted with a sigh of relief. " physiology sex body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Insane, mad. Examples : "After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts." mind character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered. Examples : "I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts." mind character attitude emotion Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Very fond of (on) someone. Examples : "My younger sister is nuts about her new teacher. " emotion attitude character human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection Download 🔗Share Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment. Examples : ""Ugh, nuts! I forgot my homework again." " emotion exclamation attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection Download 🔗Share Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it, no way, or nothing doing; often followed by to. Examples : "They want me to pay $5 for a banana? Nuts to that!" attitude language communication exclamation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading