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- [nuht]
- /nʌt/
- /nʌt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nuht]
- /nʌt/
Definitions of nut word
- noun nut the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside. 1
- verb without object nut to seek for or gather nuts: to go nutting in late autumn. 1
- idioms nut from soup to nuts. soup (def 7). 1
- idioms nut hard nut to crack, a problem difficult to solve; a formidable undertaking. a person difficult to know, understand, or convince. Also, tough nut to crack. 1
- idioms nut off one's nut, Slang. Sometimes Offensive. foolish, silly, or insane. confused; unreasonable. mistaken or wrong: You're off your nut if you think such a plan can succeed. 1
- noun nut A fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel. 1
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Origin of nut
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; 1900-05 for def 8b; Middle English nute, Old English hnutu; cognate with Dutch noot, German Nuss, Old Norse hnot; akin to Latin nux
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Parts of speech for Nut
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nut popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
nut usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for nut
adjective nut
- hazel — a female given name.
- umber — an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- puce — of a dark or brownish purple.
- russet — yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
noun nut
- enthusiast — A person who is highly interested in a particular activity or subject.
- fan — an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
- aficionado — If someone is an aficionado of something, they like it and know a lot about it.
- buff — Something that is buff is pale brown in colour.
- devotee — Someone who is a devotee of a subject or activity is very enthusiastic about it.
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