peanut
verbEtymology From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).
1
To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.
peanut
nounUK /ˈpiːnʌt/ · US /ˈpiˌnʌt/
Etymology From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).
1
A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
- He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.
2
US Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
3
In plural See peanuts (“very small amount”).
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chocnut, circus peanut, cocktail peanut, hog peanut, if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys, Japanese peanut, packing peanut, peanut ball, peanut brittle, peanut bunker, peanut butter, peanut butter and jelly, peanut butter cup, peanut cactus, peanut gallery, peanut-headed lanternfly, peanutless, peanutlike, Peanut Man, peanut marzipan, peanut milk, peanut oil, peanut paste, peanut table, peanut tree, peanut tube, peanutty, peanut whistle, peanut worm, Peanut yellow mosaic virus- Related terms
- beer nut