nut

nut
   1. a mentally ill person
   Nut is slang for a human head and this is a shortened form of gone in the nut, or some such expression:
    It was the laugh of a nut. (Chandler, 1940)
   A nut college, farm, hutch, or house is an institution for the insane:
    ... round up of nut-houses, likely nutters on parole. (Davidson, 1978)
   A nut-coat is a straitjacket:
    And if you think you're gonna put that nutcoat on me, you got another think coming. (King, 1996)
   The FBI list of mad or unstable people likely to attack a public figure is called the nut-box.
   A nutter is anything from an irrational person to a madman, described as nutty, nuts, or off his nut.
   2. to headbutt another
   Again from the meaning, a head:
    He spied her and decided on rape. She screamed, so he nutted herthat's the term nuts1 NYR we use for headbuttingand carried on. (Fiennes, 1996)

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  • Nut — (n[u^]t), n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n[ o]t, Dan. n[ o]d.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nut — may refer to: Nut (fruit), the large, usually oily seed of some plants (such as a hazelnut, chestnut, etc.) Nut grass, (Cyperus rotundus) sometimes known as the World s worst weed . Nut (hardware), a fastener used with a bolt Nut (climbing), a… …   Wikipedia

  • nut — NUT, nuturi, s.n. 1. Canelură. 2. Uluc, şanţ făcut într o piesă de lemn. ♢ Nut şi feder = sistem de îmbinare a două piese (din lemn) care constă în introducerea unei proeminenţe fasonate, aflată pe una din feţele primei piese, în ulucul de pe… …   Dicționar Român

  • Nut — Nut, o Nuit, La Grande que parió a los dioses , es la diosa del cielo, creadora del universo y los astros, según la mitología egipcia. Nut, desnuda, con el cuerpo arqueado a modo de bóveda celeste, sobre su marido Geb (la Tierra). El padre de Nut …   Wikipedia Español

  • Nut — Nut, als Tätigkeit Nuten, als Vorgang oder Ergebnis Nutung, bezeichnet: Nut (Fertigungstechnik), in der Technik eine längliche Vertiefung Nutung (Papiertechnik), eine herausgespante Vertiefung, damit das dickere Papier beim Falzen nicht bricht… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • NUT — bezeichnet: Nut (Fertigungstechnik), in der Technik eine längliche Vertiefung in der Papierverarbeitung eine Vertiefung, damit das dickere Papier beim Falzen nicht bricht, siehe Nutung Nut (Ägyptische Mythologie), die Himmelsgöttin in der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Nut — Container NUT Extension de fichier .nut Développé par MPlayer et FFmpeg Type de format Format conteneur Spécification Format ouvert NUT est un conteneur multimédia libre e …   Wikipédia en Français

  • nut — (n.) hard seed, O.E. hnutu, from P.Gmc. *khnut (Cf. O.N. hnot, Du. noot, O.H.G. hnuz, Ger. nuß nut ), from PIE *kneu nut (Cf. L. nux; see NUCLEUS (Cf. nucleus)). Sense of testicle is attes …   Etymology dictionary

  • nut — ► NOUN 1) a fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel. 2) the hard kernel of such a fruit. 3) a small flat piece of metal or other material, typically square or hexagonal, with a threaded hole through it for screwing on to …   English terms dictionary

  • nut — [nut] n. [ME nutte < OE hnutu, akin to Ger nuss < IE * kneu , lump, nut (< base * ken , to squeeze together) > L nux, MIr cnū] 1. the dry, one seeded fruit of any of various trees or shrubs, consisting of a kernel, often edible, in a… …   English World dictionary

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