peanut
substantivoverbocorrente nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈpiːnʌt//
- Estados Unidos//ˈpiˌnʌt//
A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
substantivo
- 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”).
Etimologia
From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).
verbo
- 1
To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.
Formas
- plural
- peanuts
- pretérito
- peanutted
- particípio passado
- peanutted
- gerúndio
- peanutting
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- peanuts
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peanut · A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
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