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n.

A nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning. Also called thumbnut.


 
 
Architecture: wing nut

A nut having projections so that it can be tightened with one finger and the thumb.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A threaded piece of metal with projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning; Any tree of the genus Pterocarya.

 
WordNet: wing nut
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning
  Synonyms: wing screw, thumbnut


 
Wikipedia: wingnut (disambiguation)


Wingnut may refer to:

  • Wingnut (plant) (Pterocarya), a genus of trees bearing winged nuts.
  • A wingnut or wing nut, a nut (hardware), with a pair of wings for increasing torque.
  • Wingnut, a term used to describe a person who is currently, or has been in the past, completely out of their mind. e.g. "Karen is a wingnut."
  • Wingnut (politics), a mildly derogatory term for a person who holds strongly right-wing political beliefs.
  • Wingnut ear, a derogatory term for, or a person with, ears that stick out
  • Wingnut (haircut), New Zealand slang for someone who had the "short-back and sides" haircut style of the 1940s and 50s.
  • WingNut Films, New Zealand director Peter Jackson's film production company
  • Wingnut Interactive, a video game developer also lead by Peter Jackson
  • Wingnut (TMNT), a character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
  • Wingnuts is also the portal site to the online community of the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa [citation needed].
  • Wingnut, a person with a hobby-level of interest in the White House and it's architecture, and/or the Presidency of the United States.
  • Wingnut, a term to describe a fan of the NBC television drama series The West Wing.



 
 

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