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nut
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /n?t/, enPR: n?t
- (California, General New Zealand, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [n?t]
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English nute, note, from Old English hnutu, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts (“nut”) (compare West Frisian nút, Dutch noot, German Nuss, Danish nød, Swedish nöt, Norwegian nøtt), from Proto-Indo-European *knew- (compare Irish cnó, Latin nux (“walnut”), Albanian nyç (“a gnarl”)).
Noun
nut (plural nuts)
- A hard-shelled seed.
- A piece of metal, usually square or hexagonal in shape, with a hole through it having machined internal threads, intended to be screwed onto a bolt or other threaded shaft.
- Hypernym: fastener
- Hyponyms: acorn nut, barrel nut, square nut, wing nut
- 1998, Brian Hingley, Furniture Repair & Refinishing - Page 95[1]
- As the bolt tightens into the nut, it pulls the tenon on the side rail into the mortise in the bedpost and locks them together. There are also some European beds that reverse the bolt and nut by setting the nut into the bedpost with the bolt inserted into a slotted area in the side of the rail.
- (slang) A crazy person.
- Synonyms: loony, nutbag, nutcase, nutter; see also Thesaurus:mad person
- (slang) The head.
- Synonyms: bonce, noodle
- (US, slang) Monthly expense to keep a venture running.
- (US, slang) The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.
- 1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Harper Perennial (2005), page 11:
- My attorney was waiting in a bar around the corner. “This won't make the nut,” he said, “unless we have unlimited credit.”
- 1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Harper Perennial (2005), page 11:
- (US, slang) A stash of money owned by an extremely rich investor, sufficient to sustain a high level of consumption if all other money is lost.
- (music, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
- (typography slang) En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use.
- (dated, Britain, slang) An extravagantly fashionable young man. [1910s-1920s]
- 1914, "Saki", ‘The Dreamer’, Beasts and Superbeasts, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 323:
- ‘You are not going to be what they call a Nut, are you?’ she inquired with some anxiety, partly with the idea that a Nut would be an extravagance which her sister's small household would scarcely be justified in incurring [...].
- 1914, "Saki", ‘The Dreamer’, Beasts and Superbeasts, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 323:
- (vulgar, slang, chiefly plural) A testicle.
- Synonyms: ball, (taboo slang) bollock, nads
- (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Semen, ejaculate.
- (vulgar, slang, countable) Orgasm, ejaculation; especially release of semen
- 2020, Dontavious Robinson, Gangster Mission Part One, Page Publishing, Inc (?ISBN)
- […] feelin' her pussy grippin' his dick as her nut lubricated him […]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:nut.
- 2020, Dontavious Robinson, Gangster Mission Part One, Page Publishing, Inc (?ISBN)
- (colloquial) An extreme enthusiast.
- (climbing) A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.)
- 2005, Tony Lourens, Guide to climbing page 88
- When placing nuts, always look for constrictions within the crack, behind which the nut can be wedged.
- 2005, Tony Lourens, Guide to climbing page 88
- (poker, only in attributive use) The best possible hand of a certain type, for instance: "nut straight", "nut flush", and "nut full house". Compare nuts (“the best possible hand available”).
- The tumbler of a gunlock.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (nautical) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.
- (archaic) A small rounded cake or cookie
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
nut (third-person singular simple present nuts, present participle nutting, simple past and past participle nutted or (nonstandard) nut)
- (mostly in the form "nutting") To gather nuts.
- (Britain, transitive, slang) To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt.
- Synonyms: butt, Glasgow kiss, Liverpool kiss, loaf
- (slang, mildly vulgar) To orgasm; to ejaculate.
- Synonyms: blow a nut, bust a nut; see also Thesaurus:ejaculate
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:nut.
Etymology 2
Interjection
nut
- (Scotland, colloquial) No.
- 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage 2015, p. 26:
- Did you like them boys? I goes.
- Nut. She shook her hair.
- Neither?
- Nut. Right townies.
- 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage 2015, p. 26:
Anagrams
- NTU, Tun, tun
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [n??t]
Noun
nut (plural [please provide])
- use, benefit
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Dutch
Etymology
From the adjective Middle Dutch nutte (“useful”), or from Middle Dutch nut (“yield”), from Old Dutch *nut, from Proto-Germanic *nutj?, *nutj? (“profit, yield, utility”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to seize; grasp; use”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?t/
- Hyphenation: nut
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
nut n (uncountable)
- use, point, utility, sense
- Synonym: zin
- benefit
- Synonym: voordeel
Derived terms
- Nutsman
- nuttig
- nutteloos
Adjective
nut (comparative nutter, superlative nutst)
- (obsolete) useful
- Synonym: nuttig
Inflection
Derived terms
- onnut
Middle English
Adverb
nut
- Alternative form of not
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hnútr.
Noun
nut m (definite singular nuten, indefinite plural nuter, definite plural nutene)
- a tall, rounded mountain top
References
- “nut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hnútr.
Noun
nut m (definite singular nuten, indefinite plural nutar, definite plural nutane)
- a tall, rounded mountain top
References
- “nut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- not
Etymology
From Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts.
Noun
nut f
- nut
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: nöt
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nut/
Noun
nut f
- genitive plural of nuta
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n??/
Interjection
nut
- (South Scots) no; used to show disagreement or negation.
Unua
Noun
nut
- Alternative form of naut
Further reading
- Elizabeth Pearce, A Grammar of Unua (2015)
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buff
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?f/
- Rhymes: -?f
Etymology 1
From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).
Noun
buff (countable and uncountable, plural buffs)
- Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- c. 1589, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, Act IV, Scene 2,[1]
- […] he’s in a a suit of buff […]
- c. 1589, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, Act IV, Scene 2,[1]
- A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
- A brownish yellow colour.
- 1693, John Dryden (translator), The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis Translated into English Verse, London: Jacob Tonson, Satire 10, lines 307-308, p. 203,[2]
- […] a Visage rough,
- Deform’d, Unfeatur’d, and a Skin of Buff.
- 1929, Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest, Chapter 24,[3]
- His face changed from tan to buff.
- 1693, John Dryden (translator), The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis Translated into English Verse, London: Jacob Tonson, Satire 10, lines 307-308, p. 203,[2]
- A military coat made of buff leather.
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- A diuell in an euerla?ting garment hath him ; / On who?e hard heart is button’d vp with ?teele : / A Feind, a Fairie, pittile??e and ruffe : / A Wolfe, nay wor?e, a fellow all in buffe […]
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject; an enthusiast.
- He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the civil war.
- (video games, role-playing games) An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
- I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!
- (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
- (colloquial) The bare skin.
- to strip to the buff
- 1857, Thomas Wright, Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English, London: Henry G. Bohn, p. 265,[4]
- To be in buff, is equivalent to being naked.
- The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
- A substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
- 2014, “Aldergrove’s 856 gang busted, $400,000 in drugs seized,” CBC News, 30 July, 2014,[5]
- Police say this 20 ton hydraulic jack was used to press mixtures of cocaine and “buff” into brick.
- 2014, “Aldergrove’s 856 gang busted, $400,000 in drugs seized,” CBC News, 30 July, 2014,[5]
Derived terms
- in the buff
- buffery
- buffhood
- buffism
Synonyms
- (an enthusiast about a particular subject): aficionado
- (video games): revamp
Antonyms
- (video games): debuff, nerf
Translations
Adjective
buff (comparative buffer or more buff, superlative buffest or most buff)
- Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
- (bodybuilding) Unusually muscular. (also buffed or buffed out)
- The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.
- 1994, Blurred Boundaries: Questions of Meaning in Contemporary Culture, page 155:
- The appearance of logic often derives from faulty syllogisms such as Sgt. Koon's conclusion that King was an ex-con because he was "buffed out" (heavily muscled). The thinking is: "ex-cons are often buffed out; this man is buffed out; therefore, this man is an ex-con."
- (slang) Physically attractive.
Derived terms
- buff-tip moth
- buffly
- buffster
Translations
Verb
buff (third-person singular simple present buffs, present participle buffing, simple past and past participle buffed)
- To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
- (video games, role-playing games) To make a character or an item stronger.
- (medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
Derived terms
- buff out
- buff up
- buff wheel
Synonyms
- (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing): wax, shine, polish, furbish, burnish
Antonyms
- (video games): debuff, nerf
Translations
See also
- Appendix:Colors
Etymology 2
Old French bufer (“to cuff, buffet”). See buffet (“a blow”).
Verb
buff (third-person singular simple present buffs, present participle buffing, simple past and past participle buffed)
- To strike.
Noun
buff (plural buffs)
- (obsolete) A buffet; a blow.
Derived terms
- blind man's buff
Etymology 3
Clipping of buffalo.
Noun
buff (countable and uncountable, plural buffs)
- (informal) A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
- 2006, Bradley Mayhew, Joe Bindloss, Stan Armington, Nepal
- […] diced buff (buffalo) meat, usually heavily spiced […]
- 2006, Bradley Mayhew, Joe Bindloss, Stan Armington, Nepal
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