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♦ nut /nʌt/n.1 (bot., scient.) achenio2 (bot.) (usato come termine generico in alcuni composti:) walnut, noce; hazelnut, nocciola; peanut, nocciolina americana; cashew ( nut), noce di acagiù; Brazil nut, noce del Brasile3 (mecc.) dado4 ( slang) testa, zucca; (fig.) cervello: Use your nut!, adopera la testa!; usa il cervello!; to be off one's nut, essere matto; essere fuori di testa; mancare d'una rotella9 (pl.) piccoli pezzi di carbone10 (pl.) (volg.) palle; coglioni (volg.); zebedei (pop.)● nut allergy, allergia alla frutta secca ( noci, ecc.) □ nut-brown, (color) nocciola □ nut butter, burro di noci □ (bot.) nut-gall, galla nuciforme; galla di quercia □ nut-hook, bacchio per le noci □ nut oil, olio di noci □ (bot.) nut palm, Cycas media □ nuts and bolts, (mecc.) dadi e bulloni, bulloneria; (fig. fam.) dettagli tecnici, rudimenti: the nuts and bolts of cooking, i rudimenti dell'arte culinaria □ nuts-and-bolts (agg.), fondamentale; essenziale; pratico □ (mecc.) nut screw, madrevite □ (bot.) nut tree, noce; ( anche) nocciòlo, avellano □ (zool.) nut weevil ( Balaninus nucum), balanino □ nut wrench, serradadi □ ( slang) to do one's nut, arrabbiarsi; incavolarsi, essere incavolato (pop.) □ ( slang) to go off one's nut, andare giù di testa; impazzire □ ( slang) He can't play bridge for nuts, non sa neanche da che parte si cominci a giocare a bridge.(to) nut /nʌt/A v. i.B v. t.
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