♦ nut

♦ nut
♦ nut /nʌt/
n.
1 (bot., scient.) achenio
2 (bot.) (usato come termine generico in alcuni composti:) walnut, noce; hazelnut, nocciola; peanut, nocciolina americana; cashew (nut), noce di acagiù; Brazil nut, noce del Brasile
3 (mecc.) dado
4 (slang) testa, zucca; (fig.) cervello: Use your nut!, adopera la testa!; usa il cervello!; to be off one's nut, essere matto; essere fuori di testa; mancare d'una rotella
5 (naut.) mazza (dell'ancora)
6 (mus.: di violino) capotasto
7 (slang) matto; eccentrico; pazzoide
8 (slang) fanatico, patito (di q. o qc.)
9 (pl.) piccoli pezzi di carbone
10 (pl.) (volg.) palle; coglioni (volg.); zebedei (pop.)
● nut allergy, allergia alla frutta secca (noci, ecc.) □ nut-brown, (color) nocciola □ nut butter, burro di noci □ (bot.) nut-gall, galla nuciforme; galla di quercia □ nut-hook, bacchio per le noci □ nut oil, olio di noci □ (bot.) nut palm, Cycas media □ nuts and bolts, (mecc.) dadi e bulloni, bulloneria; (fig. fam.) dettagli tecnici, rudimenti: the nuts and bolts of cooking, i rudimenti dell'arte culinaria □ nuts-and-bolts (agg.), fondamentale; essenziale; pratico □ (mecc.) nut screw, madrevite □ (bot.) nut tree, noce; (anche) nocciòlo, avellano □ (zool.) nut weevil (Balaninus nucum), balanino □ nut wrench, serradadi □ (slang) to do one's nut, arrabbiarsi; incavolarsi, essere incavolato (pop.) □ (slang) to go off one's nut, andare giù di testa; impazzire □ (slang) He can't play bridge for nuts, non sa neanche da che parte si cominci a giocare a bridge.
(to) nut /nʌt/
A v. i.
(di solito to go nutting) raccoglier noci
B v. t.
(slang) dare una testata a (q.)
● (fig. slang USA) to nut up, dare i numeri (fam.).

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