nut meaning and definition

NUT noun

Definition of nut (noun)

1. usually large hard-shelled seed
2. Egyptian goddess of the sky
3. a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
4. half the width of an em
   • synonyms: en
5. a whimsically eccentric person
   • synonyms: crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut case, screwball
6. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
   • "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"
   • synonyms: addict, freak, junkie, junky
7. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
   • "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
   • synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, egg, orchis, testicle, testis

NUT verb

Definition of nut (verb)

1. gather nuts