to nut
- verb
- /nʌt/
- Slang
- After arguing, he felt compelled to nut the wall in frustration.
Examples
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In a fit of anger, she decided to nut her friend playfully.
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It's time to nut up or shut up.
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Okay, would you nut up for second?
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Fellas, it's time to nut up.
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To all of the anonymous commenters: nut up and write who you really are.
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Right, but if you don't have the nerve to nut up and make it happen?
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Finally, someone's nutting up and showing the cops how it's done.
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But thanks to one of Lit's bartenders who told me to nut up or go fuck myself,
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DON'T NUT UP ON ME, DOC.
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He challenged his opponent, determined to nut him during the match.
Synonyms
To hit someone hard on the head to seriously hurt them
To hit someone or something hard with your head
To hit someone on the head with force
Idioms
- Offensive
To release semen during sex and used jokingly to show extreme excitement
To use much more effort or help than needed to do a small task
- Informal
To use far more force or effort than needed for a small task
Compounds
- Indian
A seed chewed with betel leaves and lime to make you feel more awake, often in South and Southeast Asia
Two metal pieces, a bolt and a matching nut, that hold parts together by screwing
A large nut you can eat with a hard brown shell and creamy white inside from South America
- Specialized
A shrub that attaches to hemlock roots and has small green flowers and soft fruits
- Specialized
A large nut from a palm that gives oil and has a hard shell carved like ivory
A thick cooking oil from the nuts of a cohune palm that people also use to make soap
- Specialized
A bitter brown seed from a West African tree that contains caffeine and is used to flavor drinks
A fragrant black seed from the tonka bean tree used like vanilla in food and perfume
- Specialized
A hard brown nut from a South American palm used for carving and instead of ivory
A sweet moist loaf that has chopped dates and nuts, often eaten as a snack or dessert
A plant from Europe with small edible tubers that people eat and use to add flavor
- Indian
A seed from a palm tree chewed with betel leaves and lime in South and Southeast Asia
A medium-sized tree from southern Europe with a wide top that makes edible seeds like small almonds
A liquid from the nuts of a tropical tree that people use for cooking and for skin and hair
A tropical tree that produces large brown nuts containing caffeine used to make cola drinks
A bitter brown seed from a West African tree used to help people feel more awake and flavor cola
A small pine tree from Mexico and southern Texas with edible seeds and short needles
- UK
A large brown nut from an African tree that contains caffeine and gives cola flavor
- Specialized
A small metal piece with six flat sides that screws onto a bolt to hold things together
A South American palm tree with no visible trunk that produces hard white nuts used for carving
- Jargon
A strong metal part that holds a helicopter's rotor to its shaft and whose failure can cause a crash
A grass-like plant with small round edible underground tubers that often grows as a weed
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Etymology
Nut as a verb meaning to headbutt comes from older slang that called the head a 'nut', so to nut someone is to hit them with your head. So to nut someone is to strike them with a headbutt.