nut
verb/nʌt/
/nʌt/
(British English, informal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they nut | /nʌt/ /nʌt/ |
| he / she / it nuts | /nʌts/ /nʌts/ |
| past simple nutted | /ˈnʌtɪd/ /ˈnʌtɪd/ |
| past participle nutted | /ˈnʌtɪd/ /ˈnʌtɪd/ |
| -ing form nutting | /ˈnʌtɪŋ/ /ˈnʌtɪŋ/ |
- nut somebody to deliberately hit somebody hard with your head
- He grabbed my tie and I thought he was going to nut me in the face.
Word OriginOld English hnutu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch noot and German Nuss.
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