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[ nuht-ing ] / ˈnʌt ɪŋ /
nounthe act of seeking or gathering nuts. Origin of nuttingFirst recorded in 1715–25; nut + -ing1 Words nearby nuttingnut sedge, nutshell, nutso, nutsy, nutter, nutting, nutty, nutty as a fruitcake, nut weevil, nutwood, Nuuk Definition for nutting (2 of 2)[ nuht-ing ] / ˈnʌt ɪŋ /
nounWallace, 1861–1941, U.S. antiquary, author, and illustrator. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nuttingWrongs are committed, and flagrantly, but Nutting commits to her premise without wavering and demands the reader do so, too. The Modern ‘Lolita’: Dramatizing the Mind of a Female Pedophile in Alissa Nutting’s ‘Tampa’|Roxane Gay|June 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST Now, as Nutting notes it is of course true that Obama added his own spending (the stimulus, mostly). The Drunken Sailors Are All Republicans|Michael Tomasky|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST There were nutting parties to the woods, but they were cautious and went well protected. A Little Girl in Old St. Louis|Amanda Minnie Douglas She had seen it once, years before, when she had gone on a nutting expedition to the grove of walnuts below it.
The days are bright and warm, and this sort of nutting becomes rather tiresome before sundown. How We are Fed|James Franklin Chamberlain "Nutting party," cried Kittie, dancing furiously and nodding her head like a demented monkey. Six Girls|Fannie Belle Irving The walnut-husks mark the place where the boys, after nutting, sat down to clear the walnuts of their outer shell. Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 2|Nathaniel Hawthorne
British Dictionary definitions for nutting
nounthe act or pastime of gathering nuts Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |