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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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While most people may be aware of nut allergies or the risk of shock from insect stings, other common foods can also pose a risk to some people.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

McFARLAND, Calif. — A white SUV drives past fields of grapes and nut trees and pulls to a stop on the dirt shoulder across the highway from a strange tableau:

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

“Cracking that nut and having American Express being relevant to this very large and growing population was a major breakthrough for us,” Le Caillec said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Those analyses detected arecoline inside the dental tissues of the ancient foragers, providing strong evidence that they had consumed betel nut.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes, I reminded myself.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

D-serine is closely related to L-serine, an amino acid commonly found in foods such as soybeans, eggs, fish, and nuts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 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

Whenever Lori Ott from Saltsburg, Penn., visits family in Hawaii, she always tries to stock up on Japanese rice crackers and macadamia nuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Everybody looks at us like we re nuts.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

"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

I had been looking forward with very much pleasure to our nutting in the wood to-day; and so last night I dreamed I was sitting here on the hill.

From Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson

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


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