wing nut

See also: wingnut and wing-nut

English

Alternative forms

• wing-nut, wingnut

Etymology

From wing +‎ nut.

Pronunciation

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Noun

wing nut (plural wing nuts)

1. A nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.

   Synonyms: butterfly nut, (some designs) thumbnut

2. Alternative form of wingnut (“person with radical political views, especially right-wing or conservative ones”).
3. Alternative form of wingnut (“person with large ears”).

Related terms

• wingnut (plant)

Translations

nut with wing-like projections

Catalan: femella d'orelles f, femella papallona f Danish: vingemøtrik (da) c Dutch: vleugelmoer (nl), bladmoer Esperanto: aletŝraŭbingo Finnish: siipimutteri (fi), lehtimutteri (fi) French: écrou à oreilles (fr) m, écrou papillon (fr) m, papillon (fr) m German: Flügelmutter (de) f Greek: πεταλούδα (el) f (petaloúda) Ido: aletoskrubino (io) Irish: cnó eiteach m, cnó cluasach m Manx: cro cleashagh m Russian: барашковая га́йка f (baraškovaja gájka), барашек (ru) m (barašek) Spanish: palomilla (es) f Swedish: vingmutter c

Further reading

• Wingnut (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia