peanut
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈpiːnʌt//
- United States//ˈpiˌnʌt//
A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
noun
- 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
Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
- 3
See peanuts (“very small amount”).
Etymology
From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).
verb
- 1
To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.
Forms
- plural
- peanuts
- past tense
- peanutted
- past participle
- peanutted
- present participle
- peanutting
- third person singular
- peanuts
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