nut1 nounnut2 verb
nutnut1 /nʌt/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINnut
Origin:
Old English hnutuEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a cashew nut
- A lot of people think he's a complete nut, but he's actually quite harmless.
- a selection of nuts
- Eleanor is such a nut.
- He started asking me a lot of questions about my personal life. I think the guy's some kind of nut.
- Hurry up, I'm freezing my nuts off out here.
- The woman sounds like a real nut.
- Add nut mixture and spread evenly.
- Also, the D-32's nut has a nasty sharp corner on the treble side.
- Fakhru rubbed one smooth slice with his thumb and then placed the spotted nut slice on his protruding tongue.
- His winning concoction was Macadamia Fudge Torte: chocolate cake with fudge-filled cavities, topped by macadamia nut streusel.
- In other words it has more to do with an ambitious political undertaking than with institutional nuts and bolts.
- It lasts from nuts to soup.
- They put him in with the nut cases.
- They would sip sherry or port, nibble at the nuts and raisins and allow themselves to wallow in the warm softness.
Longman Language Activatora crazy person
· A lot of people think he's a complete nut, but he's actually quite harmless.· The woman sounds like a real nut.somebody is some kind/type of nut · He started asking me a lot of questions about my personal life. I think the guy's some kind of nut.
someone who behaves in a crazy and often amusing way and who has strange ideas: · Our old maths teacher was a real nutcase -- he used to eat chalk because he said it was good for your bones.a bunch of loonies: · In the 1960s, people thought that vegetarians were a bunch of loonies.
especially spoken someone who behaves in a stupidly dangerous way: · Ken drives like a maniac.· Some lunatic threw a can of lighter fluid on the fire.
British informal someone who has strange ideas or who behaves in a strange and often frightening way: · Sometimes you get these nutters calling you at 3 o'clock in the morning.· Burns can be a nutter - especially when he's had a few drinks.complete nutter: · He's a complete nutter. He's got no sense whatsoever.
WORD SETSAC, accessory, nounadapter, nounaerosol, nounalarm, nounarm, nounash, nounattaché case, nounbag, nounbar, nounbarrel, nounbeep, verbbeeswax, nounbell, nounbelly, nounbelt, nounbench, nounbenzine, nounbinding, nounbiro, nounbolt, nounbooth, nounbox, nounbox, verbbrad, nounbriefcase, nounbristle, nounbrolly, nounbrush, nounbucket, nounbuckle, nounbuffer, nounbulb, nounBulldog clip, nounbulletin board, nounbullhorn, nounbung, nounbunting, nounbusiness card, nounbutt, nounbutton, nounbuzzer, nouncable, nouncalling card, nouncan, nouncandle, nouncane, nouncarbon, nouncarbon copy, nouncarbon paper, nouncard, nouncardboard, nouncardboard, adjectivecardboard cut-out, nouncard catalog, nouncarrier, nouncarrier bag, nouncarryall, nouncart, nouncarton, nouncartridge, nouncase, nouncaster, nouncatch, nounCellophane, nouncesspit, nounchain, nounchalice, nounchannel, nounchart, nounchute, nouncitronella, nounclamp, nouncleat, nounclip, nounclipboard, nouncomb, nouncombination lock, nouncompartment, nouncord, nouncrank, nouncrate, nouncrepe paper, nouncycle, noundetector, noundial, noundigital, adjectivedisposable, adjectivedrape, verbdrawing pin, noundryer, noundurable goods, nounDurex, nounearplug, nounelastic band, nouneraser, nouneyelet, nounfabric, nounfelt-tip pen, nounfemale, adjectivefence, nounfiberglass, nounfibreglass, nounfigurine, nounfilament, nounfile, verbFilofax, nounfire extinguisher, nounfirewood, nounfitness, nounflag, nounflagon, nounflagstaff, nounflashlight, nounflat, adjectivefloodlight, nounfoam, nounfoam, verbfog, verbfolder, nounfoolscap, nounforecourt, nounfountain, nounfountain pen, nounframe, nounfunnel, nounfuse, noungadget, noungadgetry, noungargle, verbgas, nounglue, noungoggles, noungold card, noungranny knot, noungravel, noungravelled, adjectivegravelly, adjectivegrease, noungreetings card, noungrommet, noungum, noungun, noungunnysack, noungut, nounhand-held, adjectivehandle, nounhandloom, nounharness, nounhasp, nounhealth, nounhessian, nounhinge, nounhip, nounhoarding, nounhoist, nounholder, nounhook, nounhoop, nounhooter, nounhose, nounhosepipe, nounhub, nounhygiene, nounhygienic, adjectiveillness, nounindented, adjectiveinflatable, adjectiveingrained, adjectiveink, nouninn, nouninnkeeper, nouninsoluble, adjectiveivory, nounjacket, nounjack-knife, nounjoss stick, nounjuggle, verbkey, nounkeypad, nounkey ring, nounKleenex, nounknife, nounknob, nounlabel, nounladder, nounlantern, nounlatch, nounlatchkey, nounlather, nounlather, verbLCD, nounlead, nounlectern, nounlegal pad, nounlens, nounletterbox, nounlever, nounlibrary, nounlid, nounlidded, adjectivelift, nounlight, nounlight bulb, nounlink, nounlinseed oil, nounlitter bin, nounlock, nounlodestone, nounlog, nounloop, verblost property, nounmagnet, nounmagnetic, adjectivemagnifying glass, nounmale, adjectivemantle, nounmanual, adjectivemarker, nounmarker pen, nounmarket day, nounmast, nounmastic, nounmatchstick, nounmaterial, nounmeter, nounmeths, nounmode, nounmortar, nounmortise lock, nounmould, nounmounting, nounmovement, nounnail, nounnameplate, nounnet, nounnib, nounnipple, nounnon-standard, adjectivenoose, nounnotebook, nounnotepad, nounnoticeboard, nounnozzle, nounnut, nounoil, verboilcan, nounoily, adjectiveorb, nounoutfit, nounoutlet, nounovernight, adverbpack, verbpackage, nounpad, nounpad, verbpadlock, nounpaintwork, nounpantyliner, nounpaper, nounpaperclip, nounpasserby, nounpaste, verbpasteboard, nounpatron, nounpatronage, nounpatronize, verbpattern, nounpaving, nounpearl, nounpen, nounpenknife, nounpicket fence, nounpillbox, nounpince-nez, nounpinhead, nounpipe, nounpix, nounpizza parlor, nounplug, nounpocket, nounpocketbook, nounpocket calculator, nounpocket knife, nounpointer, nounpoison, nounpole, nounportfolio, nounPost-it, nounpowder, nounpowdered, adjectivepropellant, nounpropelling pencil, nounpump-action, adjectivePX, nounquarter, verbrack, nounreceptionist, nounreel, nounrefill, nounreflector, nounrefrigerate, verbregimen, nounreservation, nounreserve, verbsachet, nounsack, nounscratchpad, nounscratch paper, nounscreen, nounsealant, nounsealer, nounsearchlight, nounseason ticket, nounseat, nounself-assembly, adjectiveseptic tank, nounservice, nounservice, verbsetting, nounshade, nounsharpener, nounshovel, nounshovel, verbshovelful, nounsilver paper, nounsiphon, nounslat, nounslice, verbslot machine, nounslug, nounsmoke, nounsoot, nounsort, nounspare part, nounspigot, nounsponge, nounspool, nounspout, nounspray, nounspray can, nounspray paint, nounspring, nounstaff, nounstake, nounstalk, nounstandard, nounstaple, nounstapler, nounstationery, nounsteam, nounsteam clean, verbsteel, nounsteel wool, nounstepladder, nounstick, verbstick, nounsticker, nounstilt, nounstopper, nounstorm lantern, nounstrap, nounstreamer, nounstring, nounstub, nounsucker, nounSuperglue, nounswipe, verbswitch, nounswivel, nountab, nountack, nountag, nountag, verbtank, nountap, nountape, nountassel, nountattle, verbtea break, nounthong, nounthread, nountime-saving, adjectivetinder, nountinderbox, nountissue, nountop, nountote bag, nountowel, verbtray, nountrolley, nountube, nountubing, nountwine, nountwo-way mirror, nounumbrella, nounvent, nounvial, nounwaiting room, nounwasher, nounwaste paper, nounwatch, nounwaterspout, nounwheeled, adjectivewhistle, verbwooden, adjectivewriting paper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
We were sitting round the fire cracking nuts (=opening them). Oh come on, use your nut!COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
We were sitting round the fire cracking nuts (=opening them). Oh come on, use your nut!· One old woman chewed betel nut and nodded weakly as the bullets boiled in.· He picked up a thick pair of cutting shears and trimmed a betel nut.· The betel nut lay in slices on a white dish.· The incident is passed on so that, over time, the betel nut becomes a symbol of eternal regeneration and devotion.
· Back, now, to the hard nuts.· One glance was all it took to realise this was one hard nut to crack - his features still completely impassive.
· If he did I must have been asleep. 14 unbeaten with 9 wins. Tough nut again on Saturday at Norwich.· Already highly successful in popular music, dance and commercial television, blacks have found the movies a tougher nut to crack.· Opposite: To crack the much tougher panda nuts, a large rock hammer is essential.· Beverley was a tougher nut to crack.· West Ham will be a tough nut to crack especially with big Lee in good form at the moment.· Shearer, a tough nut not inclined to whinge, said his ankle was like a pudding.· Tax will be an even tougher nut.
NOUN· Pour garlic sauce over hot chicken pieces and sprinkle with toasted pine nuts and sultanas.· At one point she instructed the courtroom on how to cook pine nuts.· Sprinkle each with the pine nuts.· Preheat oven to 325 F.. Toast pine nuts in preheated oven until they are lightly golden, about 8 minutes.· In a small bowl, mix together pine nuts, parsley, and lemon zest.· Sprinkle pine nut mixture over and serve immediately.· Add pine nuts and sauce and bring to a gentle boil.· Remove from oven and sprinkle fete cheese and herb and pine nut garnishes over top.
VERB· The pragmatist knows it better than the idealist. 97 excess A sledge-hammer to crack a nut.· There are two ways to crack this nut.· Talk about using a sledge-hammer to crack a nut!· The principle of proportionality - do not use a sledgehammer to crack a nut - is straight forward logic.· For calculational purposes the Feynman approach is an unwieldy steam-hammer only capable of cracking some particularly brittle nuts.· But at other times they seem like sledgehammers to crack nuts.· We had been sitting there since early that morning, cracking the nuts, picking out the flesh with needles.· As a result, they act in the manner of the proverbial sledge-hammer to crack a nut.
· It will end up driving you nuts otherwise.· It is going to drive ISPs nuts unless they change their pricing, though.· Ram's star trip is driving everyone fuckin' nuts.· He sat in the front of the class and talked without stopping, driving the other students nuts.· He had driven his parents nuts, wildly, almost suicidally trying to forge an identity.· And it will really drive civilized people nuts if Phillips starts raking in extra dough by posing in commercials for sports products.· She uses rags instead of toilet paper, which drives my father nuts.· And that it was my parents' ambivalence, as much as anything, that had driven us all nuts.
· She eats another nut, and needlessly, absently, combs her hair.· It wasn't that I was tempted to eat those convenient nuts, just the very fact of their existence.· She eats a pistachio nut, and fastens her locket.· Brown Men only eat nuts, berries and apples, and use their bows and arrows to chase hunters away from innocent game.· He who eats the nut must first crack the shell Jeremy Cherfas Walnuts come in hard and convoluted shells.
· But a man could go nuts sitting around wondering about what might happen.· It is going to drive ISPs nuts unless they change their pricing, though.· He grabbed my tie and I thought he was going to nut me in the face.· Every time Greene did something he went nuts, throwing his body around the field like a one-man Mardi Gras.· So don't go nuts - use those leftovers in the following recipes.· And there are numerous sweet spreads to go with fruit and nut bagels.· Most of the walls are really light panels, so we don't go nuts from the dark.· It was pure magic and Philadelphia fans went nuts.
· In taps, replacing the tap washer and tightening the gland nut will both contribute to stopping water hammer occurring.· All it took was tightening a nut.· Turn the water on slowly and tighten the nuts if there are any leaks. 6.· He conceded, however, that the company tightened a nut in the fuse box on Saab models after 1992.· He changed the spanner for one clearly the wrong size and tried vainly to tighten the nut again.
· Time to toast a few nuts, particularly some pecans with vanilla coating.· Preheat oven to 325 F. Toast pine nuts in preheated oven until they are lightly golden, about 8 minutes.· Sprinkle toasted pine nuts over eggplants.· Note: To toast pine nuts, place them in a dry nonstick skillet over medium heat.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be off your nut► do your nut► golf/opera etc nut► nutsPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1- Already highly successful in popular music, dance and commercial television, blacks have found the movies a tougher nut to crack.
- Back, now, to the hard nuts.
- Beverley was a tougher nut to crack.
- One glance was all it took to realise this was one hard nut to crack - his features still completely impassive.
- Shearer, a tough nut not inclined to whinge, said his ankle was like a pudding.
- Tax will be an even tougher nut.
- West Ham will be a tough nut to crack especially with big Lee in good form at the moment.
- Daytime television is a tough nut to crack. New shows have to be good enough to beat the old favorites.
- Already highly successful in popular music, dance and commercial television, blacks have found the movies a tougher nut to crack.
- Beverley was a tougher nut to crack.
- West Ham will be a tough nut to crack especially with big Lee in good form at the moment.
- They're good guys, but I'm not sure how familiar they are with the nuts and bolts of the banking system.
- He did pioneering work in figuring out the nuts and bolts of sustainability.
- That meant that they could not stand the Central Office youths involved in the nuts and bolts of the campaign.
- We begin with the nut cutlets of a vegetarian household where Harriet and Vesey meet as adolescents.
food a dry brown fruit inside a hard shell, that grows on a tree: a pine nut roasted nuts We were sitting round the fire cracking nuts (=opening them).2tool a small piece of metal with a hole through the middle which is screwed onto a bolt to fasten things together: Use a wrench to loosen the nut.3crazy person informal someone who is crazy or behaves strangely: My dad is such a nut. What are you, some kind of nut?4golf/opera etc nut informal someone who is very interested in golf etc: You don’t have to be a sports nut to enjoy skiing.5sex organ nuts [plural] informal a man’s testicles6the nuts and bolts of something informal the practical details of a subject or job: the nuts and bolts of government7tough/hard nut informal someone who is difficult to deal with: He may have softened a bit in his old age but he’s still a tough nut.8 a hard/tough nut to crack a difficult problem or situation: Celtic have lost only once this season and will be a tough nut to crack.9be off your nut British English spoken informal to be crazy: You must be off your nut!10do your nut British English spoken to become very angry or worried: I didn’t get home till three – my mum did her nut!11head British English spoken old-fashioned your head or brainsomebody’s nut Oh come on, use your nut!nut1 nounnut2 verb
nutnut2 verb (past tense and past participle nutted, present participle nutting) [transitive] British English spoken to hit someone with your head SYN headbutt: He just turned round and nutted me!