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nutting
We have found lemma(root) word of nutting : nut.
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[nʌt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel
(e.g: he was cracking nuts with his teeth)
- a small flat piece of metal or other material, typically square or hexagonal, with a threaded hole through it for screwing on to a bolt as a fastener
(e.g: fix the new pipe and tighten the nuts)
- a person who is extremely or excessively interested in or enthusiastic about a specified thing
(e.g: a football nut)
- a person who is very foolish or irrational
(e.g: she would have written me off as a time-wasting nut)
- a person's head
(e.g: he's aiming to break a record by balancing a car on his nut)
- a man's testicles
Phrases:
- do one's nut
- nuts and bolts
- off one's nut
- use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
Origin
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Old English hnutu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch noot and German Nuss
[nʌt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- butt (someone) with one's head
(e.g: I thought he was going to nut me in the face)
- gather nuts
(e.g: in autumn children would go nutting)
Phrases:
- do one's nut
- nuts and bolts
- off one's nut
- use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
Origin
:
Old English hnutu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch noot and German Nuss
[nʊt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the sky goddess, thought to swallow the sun at night and give birth to it in the morning
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[], (Abbreviation)
Definitions:
- (in the UK) National Union of Teachers
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