Nut - English meaning

noun

An edible seed, typically kidney-shaped, growing in long pods on certain leguminous plants.

Usage examples:

A tin of beans

verb

Hit (someone) on the head.

Usage examples:

She picked up a rock and beaned him on the forehead

noun

A seed, or the pod containing seeds, of various climbing plants, eaten as a vegetable

Usage examples:

Green beans, kidney beans, baked beans, coffee beans are the bean-like seeds of the coffee tree.

noun

A person's head.

Usage examples:

He will be wearing a hat to stop his bonce from burning

noun

Someone's head

Usage examples:

He bumped his bonce on the low ceiling., you can't expect to be taken seriously with that hat on yo…

verb

(of a machine) break down.

Usage examples:

My car conked out

noun

A person's nose.

Usage examples:

Look at the size of that conk!

verb

Straighten curly or kinky hair.

noun

An eccentric or foolish person.

Usage examples:

People who claim famous past identities are usually dismissed as crackpots

adjective

Eccentric; impractical.

Usage examples:

His head's full of crackpot ideas

noun

A crazy or strange person

Usage examples:

They obviously think we’re a bunch of crackpots.

noun

The skull, especially the part enclosing the brain.

Usage examples:

The eye is located within the orbital cavity of the skull between the cranium and the facial skelet…

noun

The hard bone case that gives an animal's or a human's head its shape and protects the brain

verb

Turn the crankshaft of (an internal combustion engine) in order to start the engine.

Usage examples:

The starter motor struggled to crank the engine

noun

A part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles, for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa.

Usage examples:

A long con rod which acts as a longer lever on the crank

noun

An eccentric person, especially one who is obsessed by a particular subject.

Usage examples:

When he first started to air his views, they labelled him a crank

noun

A thick, flat, savoury cake with a soft, porous texture, made from a yeast mixture cooked on a griddle and eaten toasted and buttered.

Usage examples:

Enjoy beautifully prepared cakes and pastries, or a full afternoon tea with sandwiches, toasted but…

noun

A small, round type of bread with holes in one side that is often eaten hot with butter

Usage examples:

We had tea and buttered crumpets.

noun

An offensive word for one or more people, usually women, who are considered to be sexually attractive

noun

A long-tailed, medium-sized bird, typically with a grey or brown back and barred or pale underparts. many cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of small songbirds.

Usage examples:

It is an important wintering ground for european migratory birds such as the white stork, the lesse…

adjective

Mad; crazy.

Usage examples:

People think you're cuckoo

verb

Take over (the home of a vulnerable person) in order to establish a base for illegal drug dealing in the area.

Usage examples:

The frightened woman confided to her support worker that her flat had been cuckooed by a gang selli…

noun

A rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure, typically with a circular base.

Usage examples:

The dome of st paul's cathedral

noun

A rounded roof on a building or a room, or a building with such a roof

noun

A shape like one-half of a ball

Usage examples:

Gerald had a long grey beard and a shiny bald dome (= head).

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange.

Usage examples:

He noted her eccentric appearance

noun

A person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour.

Usage examples:

He's seen as a local eccentric

adjective

Strange or unusual, sometimes in an amusing way

Usage examples:

Eccentric behavior, she was an elderly eccentric who lived with 25 cats., [ u ] although his reputa…

noun

A cake containing dried fruit and nuts.

Usage examples:

A rich, moist fruit cake

noun

A cake containing small dried or sugar-covered fruit, nuts, and spices

Usage examples:

His wife's a real fruitcake but they get along great.

noun

A cake containing a lot of dried fruit, such as raisins

Usage examples:

She went to the kitchen to get some fruitcake., i love cherries, but i never put them in fruitcakes.

noun

The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.

Usage examples:

Whatever comes into my head

adjective

Chief; principal.

Usage examples:

The head waiter

verb

Be in the leading position on.

Usage examples:

The st george's day procession was headed by the mayor

noun

Someone who enjoys listening to loud, energetic rock music

Usage examples:

You don't have to be a hardcore headbanger to like that kind of music., jagger introduced him as th…

noun

A mad or silly person.

Usage examples:

She was working with a bunch of loonies

adjective

Mad or silly.

Usage examples:

Loony drivers

adjective

Foolish or crazy

Usage examples:

He has loony ideas.

noun

A person who is mentally ill (not in technical use).

Usage examples:

She continued to gape at him as if he was a runaway lunatic from a nearby mental asylum.

adjective

Mentally ill (not in technical use).

Usage examples:

A ward of lunatic old ladies

noun

A foolish or crazy person

Usage examples:

He drives like a lunatic., a lunatic criminal

noun

A person exhibiting extremely wild or violent behaviour.

Usage examples:

When he sits in front of a playstation he transforms into a karate-choppin' maniac

combining form

Forming nouns corresponding to words ending in -mania.

Usage examples:

Kleptomaniac

noun

A person who has an unusually strong interest in an activity or subject

Usage examples:

My brother is a maniac when it comes to football., a homicidal maniac

noun

A person's head.

Usage examples:

A couple of shaven nappers

noun

A person of wealth or high social position.

Usage examples:

It was quite a do—all the nobs were there

noun

A person's head.

noun

A person's head.

Usage examples:

Years later whitman dismissed harlan gently: ‘he was only a fool: there was only a dim light in his…

verb

Nod or wag (one's head).

Usage examples:

‘yeah i had fun too,’ chad replied, noddling his head grinning from ear to ear.

noun

The head or brain of a person

Usage examples:

Did that hit you on the noddle?, use your noddle - clear the shelves before you paint the cupboard!

noun

A person's head.

Usage examples:

It hit him squarely on the noggin

noun

A small amount of alcoholic drink, usually a quarter of a pint

Usage examples:

Use your noggin - think before you decide what to do!

noun

A very thin, long strip of pasta or a similar flour paste, eaten with a sauce or in a soup.

Usage examples:

Cook the noodles in a large pan of boiling water

noun

A stupid or silly person.

verb

Improvise or play casually on a musical instrument.

Usage examples:

Tapes of him noodling on his farfisa organ

noun

A mad or foolish person.

Usage examples:

Or in some cases, they were just complete borderline nutcases with sociopathic tendencies.

noun

Someone who behaves in an extremely silly way

Usage examples:

Only complete nutcases like myself swim in the sea in winter.

noun

A mad or eccentric person.

Usage examples:

No longer will they associate it with nutters, wackos and the irredeemably mad.

noun

A strange or eccentric person.

Usage examples:

She was seen as a bit of an oddball

adjective

Strange; bizarre.

Usage examples:

Oddball training methods

noun

A person whose behavior is unusual and strange

noun

A person's head.

Usage examples:

He scratched his balding pate

noun

The paste of which porcelain is made.

noun

A rich, savoury paste made from finely minced or mashed ingredients, typically seasoned meat or fish.

Usage examples:

Salmon pâté

noun

The process of voting in an election.

Usage examples:

The country went to the polls on march 10

verb

Record the opinion or vote of.

Usage examples:

Over half of those polled do not believe the prime minister usually tells the truth

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) schizophrenic.

noun

A schizophrenic.

combining form

Divided; split.

Usage examples:

Schizocarp

noun

A crazy or eccentric person.

Usage examples:

She was dating a real screwball

adjective

Crazy; absurd.

Usage examples:

What possessed you to ask a screwball question like that?

noun

A bone framework enclosing the brain of a vertebrate; the skeleton of a person's or animal's head.

Usage examples:

He broke his collar bone and fractured his skull

verb

Hit (someone) on the head.

Usage examples:

My waking came in drugged stages—i had been skulled

noun

The bones of the head that surround the brain, or infml someone’s mind or head

Usage examples:

He fractured his skull in an automobile accident., infml cartoons will fill your skull full of mush.

noun

Another term for weirdo.

noun

A person whose dress or behaviour seems strange or eccentric.

Usage examples:

The streets are dangerous and there are too many weirdos around

noun

A person who you think is strange and who makes you uncomfortable

Usage examples:

That guy is a real weirdo.