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nut
noun- a regular and recurring expense US, 1909
- The Embers cost about $20,000 to open, a mild nut in these days of expensive construction. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 283, 1956
- Any idea what my nut amounts to on this outfit? — Ross Russell, The Sound, p. 91, 1961
- I asked the driver if he’d made his nut for the day and he glared at me as if I were from the vice squad. — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 30, 1961
- I’m worried about Milton and me making that rent. It’s a big nut. — Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 434, 1979
- She, from the daily bind of trying to crack the weekly nut. — Odie Hawkins, Black Casanova, p. 83, 1984
- We’ll be rich. No more nut every week. — Goodfellas, 1990
- an act of sexual intercourse; sex as an activity US
Extending back from NUT - Nut one, nut two, nut four, five, six / I lost the third nut in the mix–fuck it! — NWA Findum, Fuckum & Flee, 1991
- Gimme that, gimme that, gimme that nutt — Eazy-E Gimme That Nutt, 1993
- an orgasm, especially of a male US, 1968
- It’s not what you think. It won’t take but five minutes for the guy to reach a nut. I mean, it’s like takin’ candy from a baby. — Donald Goines, Daddy Cool, p. 106, 1974
- “What exactly is a sweet nut?” I think the woman must have stared at me for five minutes. “Uhh, it’d be pretty hard to explain it to you, if you’ve never had one, honey.” — Odie Hawkins, The Life and Times of Chester Simmons, p. 150, 1991
- semen US
- Back up bitch unless you want nut in your eye — NWA Findum, Fuckum & Flee, 1991
- the female breast UK
Usually in the plural. - Her giving it the tart thing, orange hair, big nuts, glasses. — Guardian, p. 13, 10 April 2002
- the head; hence, brains, intelligence UK, 1846
- Angeline waved her plump little dye-stained hands as she pleaded with her husband. “Look use your nut, Herb. If you had seen that woman’s arm you wouldn’t be so mad at me[.]” — Caroline Blackwood, Who Needs It, 1973
- a crazy person, an eccentric, a crank US, 1908
Probably by back-formation from NUTTY - an enthusiast US, 1934
- Health nuts are not necessarily, as the term may imply, fanatics. — Blythe Camenson, Careers for Health Nuts & Others Who Like to Stay Fit, p. 1, 2004
- a person UK, 1856
- I had met him before [...] and had always thought him a pretty shrewd nut. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 111, 1956
- in horse racing, a horse picked by a racing newspaper to win a race US
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 45, 1951
- in horse racing, the tax levied on bets by the track and the state US
- — Robert V. Rowe, How to Win at Horse-Racing, 1990
- a bankroll US
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 45, 1951
- a rugby ball NEW ZEALAND
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 77, 1998
- a crazy person US, 1908
- To them, Bob looked like a comical cartoon character, a total nut. — Bob Spitz, Dylan, p. 51, 1991
▶ crack the nut
in gambling, to make enough money to meet the day’s expenses US, 1961- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 53, 1987
▶ do your nut- to explode with anger UK, 1919
- [T]he twirl would do his nut — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 75, 1958
- I begin to think that I’d do my nut if I stayed any longer in this place. — John Peter Jones, Feather Pluckers, p. 67, 1964
- The reason Jed was doing his nut was because some of the Munchkins [machine-gun platoon] were out of their trenches. — Ken Lukowiak, A Soldier’s Song, p. 72, 1993
- [H]is granddaughter who’s standing there in a white-bra-gone-grey doing her nut[.] — Greg Williams, Diamond Geezers, p. 8, 1997
- Mrs Prakash had done her nut with Michael[.] — P-P Hartnett, Sad Cunt, p. 97, 1999
- to go mad, to feign madness UK
- “First offenders or not, you do a blag like that one and that [Dartmoor]’s where you’ll end up.” “I’d do my nut first. Broadmoor for me.” “You’d have to do your nut to start knocking flippin’ armoured cars around [...]” — Derek Bickerton, Payroll, p. 32, 1959
▶ make the nut
to suffice US- We were received in camp with cheers and shouting. Our eight cases made the nut. — Hunter S. Thompson, Hell’s Angels, p. 184, 1966
▶ nod the nut
to plead guilty AUSTRALIA
Formed on NUTNodding the Nut for a Swy and One [a sentence of two years that will reduce to one with good behaviour]. — The (Sydney) Bulletin, 26 April 1975▶ off your nut- in a state of drunkenness or drug intoxication UK, 1860
Parallel to the sense as “mad”; possibly the original sense, a variation of OFF YOUR HEAD. - Sometimes clubs are bad because you get people off their nut. — Dave Haslam, Adventures of the Wheels of Steel, p. 114, 2001
- in a state of madness UK, 1873
A variation of OFF YOUR HEAD. - “Remember the Salisbury nutcase caught at the grave?” “It’s your division,” Robins said, “but, it’s you that’s off your nut, Charlie.” — Troy Kennedy Martin, Z Cars, p. 12, 1962
- You off your fucking nut? — Scum, 1979
▶ on the nut
in horse racing, to have lost a large amount of money betting US- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 46, 1951
- As facts are mattered, his luck was shattered / For he was what you’d call “on the nut.” — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 103, 1976
▶ out of your nut
drunk or drug-intoxicated UK
A variation of OUTOFYOURHEAD.- [N]o matter how out of their nuts they all get. — Wayne Anthony, Spanish Highs, p. 120, 1999
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