nut
nut /n'ʌt/ (nuts)
1 [N-COUNT]
The firm shelled fruit of some trees and bushes are called nuts. Some nuts can be eaten.
Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E.
see also groundnut, hazelnut,
2 [N-COUNT]
A nut is a thick metal ring which you screw onto a metal rod called a bolt. Nuts and bolts are used to hold things such as pieces of machinery together.
If you want to repair the wheels you just undo the four nuts.
...nuts and bolts that haven't been tightened up.
3 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
If you describe someone as, for example, a football nut or a health nut, you mean that they are extremely enthusiastic about the thing mentioned. (INFORMAL)
...a football nut who spends thousands of pounds travelling to watch games.
= fanatic
4 [ADJ] v-link ADJ about n
If you are nuts about something or someone, you like them very much. (INFORMAL)
She's nuts about you.
5 [N-COUNT]
If you refer to someone as a nut, you mean that they are mad. (INFORMAL)
There's some nut out there with a gun.
6 [ADJ] v-link ADJ
If you say that someone goes nuts or is nuts, you mean that they go crazy or are very foolish. (INFORMAL)
You guys are nuts...
A number of the French players went nuts, completely out of control.
7 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone goes nuts, or in British English does their nut, they become extremely angry. (INFORMAL)
My father would go nuts if he saw bruises on me...
We heard your sister doing her nut.
8 [PHRASE] usu the PHR of n
If you talk about the nuts and bolts of a subject or an activity, you are referring to the detailed practical aspects of it rather than abstract ideas about it.
He's more concerned about the nuts and bolts of location work.pine nut (pine nuts)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Pine nuts are small cream-coloured seeds that grow on pine trees. They can be used in salads and other dishes.
1 [N-COUNT]
The firm shelled fruit of some trees and bushes are called nuts. Some nuts can be eaten.
Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E.
see also groundnut, hazelnut,
2 [N-COUNT]
A nut is a thick metal ring which you screw onto a metal rod called a bolt. Nuts and bolts are used to hold things such as pieces of machinery together.
If you want to repair the wheels you just undo the four nuts.
...nuts and bolts that haven't been tightened up.
3 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
If you describe someone as, for example, a football nut or a health nut, you mean that they are extremely enthusiastic about the thing mentioned. (INFORMAL)
...a football nut who spends thousands of pounds travelling to watch games.
= fanatic
4 [ADJ] v-link ADJ about n
If you are nuts about something or someone, you like them very much. (INFORMAL)
She's nuts about you.
5 [N-COUNT]
If you refer to someone as a nut, you mean that they are mad. (INFORMAL)
There's some nut out there with a gun.
6 [ADJ] v-link ADJ
If you say that someone goes nuts or is nuts, you mean that they go crazy or are very foolish. (INFORMAL)
You guys are nuts...
A number of the French players went nuts, completely out of control.
7 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone goes nuts, or in British English does their nut, they become extremely angry. (INFORMAL)
My father would go nuts if he saw bruises on me...
We heard your sister doing her nut.
8 [PHRASE] usu the PHR of n
If you talk about the nuts and bolts of a subject or an activity, you are referring to the detailed practical aspects of it rather than abstract ideas about it.
He's more concerned about the nuts and bolts of location work.pine nut (pine nuts)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Pine nuts are small cream-coloured seeds that grow on pine trees. They can be used in salads and other dishes.