nut

nut
1 noun (C)
1 FOOD a dry brown fruit inside a hard shell, that grows on a tree: crack a nut | a cashew nut
2 TOOL a small piece of metal with a hole through the middle which is screwed onto a bolt 1 (2) to fasten things together
3 CRAZY PERSON informal especially AmE someone who is crazy or behaves strangely: He's kind of a nut, but I like him.
4 a golf/opera etc nut informal someone who is very interested in golf etc: She's a Clark Gable nut.
5 SEXUAL ORGAN slang a man's testicles: He got kicked in the nuts.
6 the nuts and bolts of informal the practical details of a subject or job: the nuts and bolts of the project
7 a tough/hard nut informal someone who is difficult to deal with: Johnny Stone was a tough nut.
8 a hard/tough nut to crack a difficult problem or situation: Saturday's match will be a tough nut to crack.
9 HEAD BrE spoken your head or brain: Oh come on, use your nut!
10 be off your nut BrE spoken to be crazy: You must be off your nut!
11 do your nut BrE spoken to become very angry or worried: I didn't get home till three - my Mum did her nut!
12 sb can't ... for nuts spoken used to say that someone is completely unable to do something: She can't sing for nuts.
—see also: nuts 1 2 verb (T) BrE informal to hit someone with your head; headbutt: He just turned round and nutted me!

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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