Image:Mixed nuts small white3.jpg|thumb|right|A bowl of mixed nuts (hard-shelled seeds).
Image:Nut-hardware.jpg|thumb|right|Assorted nuts (fasteners with internal threads).
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Etymology
From ME. nute < OE. hnutu. Cognate with Latin nux, Dutch noot, German Nuss, Icelandic hnut, Spanish nuez.

Noun
en-noun

1. A hard-shelled seed.
2. A fastener: 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.
3. informal An insane person.
4. slang The head.
5. context|vulgarity|slang|rarely used in the singular A testicle.
6. context|US|slang The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.

#* 1971: My attorney was waiting in a bar around the corner. �This won't make the nut,� he said, �unless we have unlimited credit.� � Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005, p. 11)

1. musical instruments On string 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.

Synonyms
i-c|insane person loony, nutbag, nutcase, nutter
i-c|the head bonce, noodle (See further synonyms under head)
i-c|a testicle ball, bollock (taboo slang), nads

Hebrew: ���� (egóz) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|dió
Icelandic: t+|is|hneta|f
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Indonesian: t+|id|kacang|xs=Indonesian
Italian: t+|it|noce|f
Japanese: ��� (konomí)
Korean: �� (hodu)
Latin: t+|la|nux|f
Latvian: rieksts m
Old English: t-|ang|hnutu|f|xs=Old English
Polish: t+|pl|orzech|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|noz|f
Russian: о�е� (oréx) m
Scottish Gaelic: cnò f
Slovene: t+|sl|oreh|m
Spanish: nuez f, fruta seca f
Swedish: t+|sv|nöt|c
Telugu: �ి�� (giMja)
Tok Pisin: nat
Turkish: t+|tr|ceviz
Welsh: cneuen f
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trans-top|that fits on a bolt
Arabic: Arab|ص���ة IPAchar|(�amūla) f
Czech: t+|cs|matka|f
Dutch: t+|nl|moer|f
Finnish: t-|fi|mutteri
French: t-|fr|écrou|m
German: t+|de|Mutter|f
Greek: t|el|�αξιμάδι|n|sc=Grek (paksimádi)
Hebrew: ��� (ha-óm)
Hungarian: t+|hu|anyacsavar
Italian: t+|it|dado|m
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Latvian: uzgrieznis m
Polish: nakr�tka f
Portuguese: t+|pt|porca|f
Russian: t+|ru|гайка|f|trgájka|scCyrl
Spanish: tuerca f
Telugu: న���� (naTTu)
Tok Pisin: nat
Welsh: nyten
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trans-top|informal: insane person
Arabic: Arab|�خب�� IPAchar|(maxbūl) m
Dutch: gek m, gekkin f, In Belgium and South Netherlands, zot m and zottin f are often used
Filipino: tanga, baliw
Finnish: kahjo, pöljä
French: t+|fr|fou|m, t+|fr|folle|f
German: Irre m|f, Irrer m
Hungarian: t+|hu|bolond ember, t+|hu|�rült ember
Italian: t+|it|pazzo|m
Japanese: ��� (����, kichigái)
Korean: 미� (michin)
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Latvian: trakais m, jucis m
Polish: �wir m
Portuguese: t+|pt|louco|m, t+|pt|doido|m, t+|pt|maluco|m
Russian: ��ма��ед�ий (sumasšédšij) m, ��ма��ед�а� (sumasšédšaja) f
Spanish: loco m, chiflado m, chalado m (Spain)
Swedish: t+|sv|galen
Telugu: తి���ల వ�య��తి (tikkala vyakti), తి��ర వ�య��తి (tiMgara vyakti)
Tok Pisin: longlongman
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trans-top|slang: the head
Arabic: Arab|رأس IPAchar|(ra�s) m|f, Arab|�رعة IPAchar|(qár�a) f
Dutch: t+|nl|kop|m
Finnish: t+|fi|kaali
German: Birne f, Rübe f, Dötz m
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Hungarian: t+|hu|fej
Portuguese: t+|pt|líder|m, t+|pt|mentor|m
Tok Pisin: het
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trans-top|slang: testicle
Arabic: Arab|ب�ضة IPAchar|(béi�a) f
Dutch: bal m, teelbal m
Filipino: bayag
Finnish: t-|fi|palli, t-|fi|kulkunen
French: t+|fr|couille|f
German: Ei n, recently: Nuss f
Hungarian: t+|hu|here
Italian: t+|it|coglione|m, t+|it|minchione|m, t+|it|palla|f
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Latvian pauti m p
Portuguese: bagos m|p, ovos m|p
Russian: �й�о (jajtsó) n
Scottish Gaelic: clach f
Spanish: t+|es|cojón, t+|es|huevo
Tok Pisin: bol
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trans-top|Translations to be categorised
ttbc|Breton: kraoñ collective noun kraoñenn f (1), kraouenn f (2), brizh-sod (3), kell f, divgell p (4)
ttbc|Interlingua: nuce (1); matre vite (2); folle (3); teste (4), testiculo (4)
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ttbc|Romanian: nuc� f (1), piuliţ� f (2), nebun m (3) ţicnit m (3)
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Related terms
rel-top|terms related to the noun "nut"
coconut
groundnut
hazelnut
monkeynut
peanut
walnut
nutbeam
nutbag
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nutcase
nutter
nutcracker
nutdriver
nutmeat
nutmeg
nutshell
sweet as a nut
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Verb
en-verb|nut|t|ed

1. context|transitive|slang To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt.
2. context|intransitive|slang To ejaculate (semen).

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Dutch

Noun
nut n (plural nutten, diminutive nutje)

1. use, benefit

Derived terms
nuttig

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Scots

Pronunciation
IPA|/n��/

Interjection
sco-intj

1. South Scots no; used to show disagreement or negation.

ar:nut
de:nut
fa:nut
fr:nut
hy:nut
io:nut
id:nut
kk:nut
ku:nut
la:nut
hu:nut
nl:nut
pl:nut
ru:nut
simple:nut
fi:nut
sv:nut
ta:nut
te:nut
vi:nut
tr:nut
uk:nut
zh:nut

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