bug nut

bug nut

A type of nut used to connect wires. We need a few bug nuts to complete this repair.
See also: bug, nut
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bug nut

n. a wire nut; a twist-on wire connector used to connect the ends of wires to complete a circuit. Charlie, hand me a couple bug nuts, will ya? Hold them together, twist, and screw on the bug nut, See?
See also: bug, nut
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • do (one's) nut
  • do your nut
  • crazy as a betsy bug
  • cuter than a June bug
  • be off (one's) nut
  • off (one's) nut
  • off one’s nut
  • off your nut
  • slug bug
References in periodicals archive
He is a self-confessed "bug nut," who keeps a menagerie of insects, snakes and reptiles at his home in Los Angeles.