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Turnable fastener
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wingnut
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Word definitions for wingnut in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"nut with flared sides for turning with the thumb and forefinger;" so called for its shape (see wing (n.) + nut (n.)). Meaning "weird person" recorded by 1989, probably not from the literal sense but from the secondary sense of nut , influenced perhaps ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
"Wingnut" (sometimes "wing-nut") is an American political term used as a slur referring to a person who holds extreme, and often irrational, political views . According to Merriam-Webster , it is "a mentally deranged person" or "one who advocates extreme ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A nut having wing-like projections so that it can be turned easily by hand. 2 A deciduous tree of the genus (taxlink Pterocarya genus noshow=1) native to Asia. 3 (context slang derogatory English) Someone with crazy or extreme political views (especially ...
Usage examples of wingnut.
Cut it into five-inch chunks, use a vise to bend a hook into one end, hook it over the crossbar, run it through a hole in the center of the bowl and use a wingnut to hold the bowl down.
It was easy to hook the curved end of the bolt under the crossbar and twirl the wingnut down to tighten it.
I pretightened the wingnut on another assembly, checked my watch, swam to the next hole, and plugged it.
I knowed when I first seen him the son of a bitch had a loose wingnut, said Rawlins.
Hopefully it would harden up and prevent the wingnuts from being removed.
I took my time and estimated how far we could pretighten the wingnuts in the Zodiacs so that the divers wouldn't have to spend cumulative hours twisting them down.