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nutcrack

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To crack nuts for food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2012 Claudio Tennie, Josep Call, Michael Tomasello "Untrained Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Fail to Imitate Novel Actions" PLos ONE Marshall-Pescini and Whiten noticed that Baluku performed cracking actions in the air while watching the demonstrator nutcrack [...]

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History

Etymology

From nut + crack.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Unami: pahkàsi — to crack nuts