1a fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel:he was cracking nuts with his teeth
the hard kernel of a nut:savoury snacks like crisps and nuts
(usually nuts) a small lump of something hard or solid, especially coal.
2a 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:fix the new pipe and tighten the nutsthe final wheel nut was tightened
the part at the lower end of the bow of a violin or similar instrument, with a screw for adjusting the tension of the hair.
3 informal a crazy or eccentric person:she would have written me off as a time-wasting nut
[with adjective or noun modifier] a person who is excessively interested in or enthusiastic about a specified thing:a football nut
4 informal a person’s head:he’s aiming to break a record by balancing a car on his nut
5 (nuts) vulgar slang a man’s testicles.
6the fixed ridge on the neck of a stringed instrument over which the strings pass:the positioning allows the strings a straight path over the nut
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1 [with object]British informal butt (someone) with one’s head:I thought he was going to nut me in the face
2 [no object] (usually as noun nutting) archaic gather nuts.
do one's nut
British informal become extremely angry or agitated:I hope my mum hasn’t heard about this, or she’ll be doing her nut
nuts and bolts
informal the basic practical details:the nuts and bolts of making a movie
off one's nut
informal out of one’s mind; crazy.
a tough (or hard) nut
informal someone who is difficult to deal with; a formidable person.
a tough (or hard) nut to crack
informal a difficult problem or an opponent that is hard to beat.
use (or take) a sledgehammer to crack a nut
informal use disproportionately drastic measures to deal with a simple problem.
