nut

Definitions of nut in various dictionaries:

noun - usually large hard-shelled seed

noun - Egyptian goddess of the sky

noun - a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt

noun - half the width of an em

noun - a whimsically eccentric person

noun - someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

noun - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

verb - gather nuts

An indehiscent, hard-shelled, one-loculated, one-seeded fruit, such as an acorn or a hazelnut.

A seed borne within a fruit having a hard shell, as in the peanut, almond, or walnut.

The kernel of any of these.

Slang.

A crazy or eccentric person.

An enthusiast; a buff: a movie nut.

A difficult endeavor or problem: Painting the closet was a tough nut to crack.

The human head.

Music.

A ridge of wood at the top of the fingerboard or neck of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass.

A device at the lower end of the bow for a stringed instrument, used for tightening the hairs.

A small block of metal or wood with a central, threaded hole that is designed to fit around and secure a bolt or screw.

Slang.

The cost of launching a business venture.

The testicles.

verb - to gather nuts (hard-shelled dry fruits)