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nutcracker

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈnʌtˌkɹækɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: N AH1 T K R AE2 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An implement for cracking nuts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An implement for cracking nuts.

Ellipsis of nutcracker doll.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, ellipsis

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any bird of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: New-York-City, US

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Synonyms: none provided

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Something that is difficult to figure out; a puzzle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: head-scratcher

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

speckled birds that feed on nuts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: corvine bird

Narrower terms: common nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes, Clark's nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana

7

noun

Meaning 7

any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nuthatch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: oscine, oscine bird

Narrower terms: European nuthatch, Sitta europaea, red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, white-breasted nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis

8

noun

Meaning 8

a compound lever used to crack nuts open

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compound lever

History

Etymology

From nut + cracker.

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: notenkraker — implement for cracking nuts
  • Albanian: arrëthyese — implement for cracking nuts
  • Arabic: كَسَّارَة جَوْز (kassārat jawz) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Arabic: كَسَّارَة بُنْدُق (kassārat bunduq) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Armenian: ընկույզկոտրիչ (ənkuyzkotričʻ) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Armenian: պոպոքջարդիչ (popokʻǰardičʻ) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Azerbaijani: fındıqqıran — implement for cracking nuts
  • Basque: intxaurkraskagailu — implement for cracking nuts
  • Belarusian: шчаўку́нчык (ščawkúnčyk) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Bulgarian: орехотрошачка (orehotrošačka) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Catalan: trencanous — implement for cracking nuts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 癟嘴食管 /瘪嘴食管 (biě zuǐ shí guǎn) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胡桃夾子 /胡桃夹子 (hútáo jiázi) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胡桃鉗 /胡桃钳 (hútáo qián) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Czech: louskáček — implement for cracking nuts
  • Danish: nøddeknækker — implement for cracking nuts
  • Dutch: notenkraker — implement for cracking nuts
  • Faroese: nøtubrótari — implement for cracking nuts
  • Finnish: pähkinänsärkijä — implement for cracking nuts
  • French: casse-noix — implement for cracking nuts
  • French: casse-noisettes — implement for cracking nuts
  • Georgian: მაკნატუნა (maḳnaṭuna) — implement for cracking nuts
  • German: Nussknacker — implement for cracking nuts
  • Greek: καρυοθραύστης (karyothráfstis) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Gujarati: સૂડી (sūḍī) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Hindi: सरौता (sarautā) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Hungarian: diótörő — implement for cracking nuts
  • Icelandic: hnetubrjótur — implement for cracking nuts
  • Ido: nucoruptilo — implement for cracking nuts
  • Indonesian: alat pemecah buah keras — implement for cracking nuts
  • Indonesian: pemecah kacang — implement for cracking nuts
  • Indonesian: kacip geluk — implement for cracking nuts
  • Italian: schiaccianoci — implement for cracking nuts
  • Japanese: くるみ割り (kurumiwari) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Korean: 호두까기 (hodukkagi) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Latvian: riekstu knaibles — implement for cracking nuts
  • Macedonian: оревокршачка (orevokršačka) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Malay: pemecah buah keras — implement for cracking nuts
  • Malay: kacip — implement for cracking nuts
  • Norman: craque-nouaix — implement for cracking nuts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nøtteknekker — implement for cracking nuts
  • Persian: فندقشکن (fandoq-šekan) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Polish: dziadek do orzechów — implement for cracking nuts
  • Portuguese: quebra-nozes — implement for cracking nuts
  • Romanian: spărgător de nuci — implement for cracking nuts
  • Russian: щипцы́ для оре́хов (ščipcý dlja oréxov) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Russian: щелку́нчик (ščelkúnčik) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Serbo-Croatian: krcaljka — implement for cracking nuts
  • Serbo-Croatian: krckalica — implement for cracking nuts
  • Serbo-Croatian: krcalica — implement for cracking nuts
  • Silesian: nusknaker — implement for cracking nuts
  • Slovak: luskáčik — implement for cracking nuts
  • Spanish: cascanueces — implement for cracking nuts
  • Swedish: nötknäppare — implement for cracking nuts
  • Tagalog: pandurog ng nuwes — implement for cracking nuts
  • Tajik: фундуқшикан (funduqšikan) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Tatar: çikləwek watuçı — implement for cracking nuts
  • Telugu: అడకత్తెర (aḍakattera) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Turkish: fındıkkıran — implement for cracking nuts
  • Ottoman Turkish: فندق قیران (fındık kıran) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Ukrainian: лускунчик (luskunčyk) — implement for cracking nuts
  • Uzbek: yongʻoq chaqadigan — implement for cracking nuts
  • Vietnamese: cái kẹp để kẹp trái de — implement for cracking nuts
  • Welsh: gefel gnau — implement for cracking nuts
  • Bulgarian: орешарка (orešarka) — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Catalan: trencanous — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Czech: ořešník — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Danish: nøddekrige — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Dutch: notenkraker — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Estonian: mänsak — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Finnish: pähkinähakki — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • French: cassenoix — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • German: Tannenhäher — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Hungarian: fenyőszajkó — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Icelandic: notbrjótur — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Irish: cnóire — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Italian: nocciolaia — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Korean: 잣까마귀 (jatkkamagwi) — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Latvian: riekstrozis — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Lithuanian: riešutinė — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Macedonian: лешникарка (lešnikarka) — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Navajo: bitsiichįįshgahí — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Polish: orzechówka — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Portuguese: quebra-nozes — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Romanian: alunar — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Russian: кедро́вка (kedróvka) — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Russian: оре́ховка (oréxovka) — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Northern Sami: niehttegarjá — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Scottish Gaelic: cnòthair — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Serbo-Croatian: kreja — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Slovak: orešnica — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Slovene: krekovt — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Spanish: cascanueces — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Swedish: nötkråka — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Ukrainian: горіхівка (horixivka) — bird of the genus Nucifraga
  • Welsh: malwr cnau — bird of the genus Nucifraga
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