Transcription
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- [nuht-krak-er]
- /ˈnʌtˌkræk ər/
- /ˈnʌtˌkræk.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nuht-krak-er]
- /ˈnʌtˌkræk ər/
Definitions of nutcracker word
- noun nutcracker an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts. 1
- noun nutcracker any of several corvine birds of the genus Nucifraga that feed on nuts, as the common nutcracker, N. caryocatactes, of Europe and Clark's nutcracker, N. columbiana, of the western U.S. 1
- noun nutcracker A device for cracking nuts. 1
- noun nutcracker tool for opening nuts 1
- noun nutcracker type of songbird 1
- countable noun nutcracker A nutcracker is a device used to crack the shell of a nut. Nutcrackers can be used to refer to one or more of these devices. 0
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Origin of nutcracker
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
First recorded in 1540-50; nut + cracker
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Nutcracker
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nutcracker popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
nutcracker usage trend in Literature
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