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nut

[nuht] / nʌt /
NOUN
seed of fruit, vegetable
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NOUN
crazy, overenthusiastic person
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Antonyms
WEAK
sane person


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Mia St Hilaire, who had a tree nut allergy, suffered an anaphylactic shock and died after she drank a Twix milkshake at the Pop Inn Cafe in Bermondsey, south-east London, in August 2023.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Yet, as Lucas is a legendary lug nut, these hover cars and spaceships whisk you full speed into his creative process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

December 28: Boeing urges airlines to undertake inspections after an international operator discovered a bolt with a missing nut while performing routine maintenance.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

One way to understand molecular handedness is to think about a screw and a nut.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

Before he ate each nut, he examined it—soft-boiled, light purple, shriveled—and tried not to think of the crumpled pages in his study, until the train arrived in Port Harcourt.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

One possibility involves the Mediterranean-style diet, which emphasizes foods such as fish, vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and olive oil.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

A previously unreported Binance document, along with other internal records, reveal the nuts and bolts of how Zanjani’s network used the exchange to move money against the wishes of Western governments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Goldie is interested in getting to the nuts and bolts right off the bat, with bullet points of your basic income and spending parameters, such as:

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Not banana bread— there was no cinnamon, cardamon, nuts or loaf pan involved.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

We were risking our skins in this hornet’s nest for some nuts?

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

"What comes next is the execution risk. There's a lot of details still to be nutted out."

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Before even making it to the next left, we were pulled over by the PO-PO, who then called for back up and nutted up on us with an additional 6 cop cars!

From Time Magazine Archive

They are that already—and it's patent-lock nutted throughout, and the engine is that new kind that interlocks.

From The Motormaniacs by Lloyd Osbourne

BST14:17 58 min: Bordeaux reply by going close themselves, Saivet nutting the ball into the sidenetting after racing in front of Liverpool defenders to meet a corner at the near post.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2015

This was slapstick stuff and Houghton delivered the perfect punchline by nutting the ball into net from 12 yards.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012

When the Zuni men had their wives and children established on the nutting grounds they returned to their fields.

From Time Magazine Archive

The nearest spot where the business of nutting could be carried on with much success, was a large hazel-copse, on the side of a hill, at the upper end of the valley.

From The Squirrels and other animals Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds by George Waring

"I wanted to eat my dinner, and go nutting; but I never can do any thing."

From The Pearl of Peace or, The Little Peacemaker by Madeline Leslie


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