noun
Meaning 1
A deciduous tree of the genus Pterocarya native to Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pterocarya
Antonyms: none provided
Colloquial Variant guide
wingnut
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.
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/ˈwɪŋˌnʌt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who is or seems odd, eccentric, or crazy; especially, someone with bizarre or extreme political views.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, informal
Topics: government, politics
Examples
- Near-synonyms: nut, nut job, nut case, crank, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person, Thesaurus:mad person
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nut, nut job, nut case, crank, weirdo, bizarro, coot, crackpot, eccentric, freak, glaik, hard case, kook, live one, nutbag, nutbar, nutcase, nutter, oddball, oddity, odd bod, odd duck, odd fish, queerdo, queer fish, rum, strange bird, strange fish, strangeling, wack, wacko, weirdie, weirdling, wild man, wingnut, basket case, basket weaver, crack, crazy, crazyhead, dingbat, fruit and nut case, fruit cake, fruit loop, fruitloop, head case, loony, loony tune, lunatic, madcap, madhead, mental case, nut ball, nutburger, nutjob, psycho, psychoceramic, schizo, screwball, space cadet, space pilot, unconventional, wackadoo, wackadoodle, whackjob, whacko, space case
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A member of the air force (in a town that hosts a USAF installation).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Qualifier: rural US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A person with large ears.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Alternative form of wing nut (“(mechanical) nut with wing-like projections”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nut, fastener
History
Etymology
From wing + nut. The political sense is a shortening of "right-wing nut".
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: siipipähkinä — genus Pterocarya (botany)
- Georgian: ლაფანი (lapani) — genus Pterocarya (botany)
- German: Flügelnuss — genus Pterocarya (botany)
- Mazanderani: لرک (lark) — genus Pterocarya (botany)
- Mazanderani: کهل (kohol) — genus Pterocarya (botany)
- Mingrelian: ლეფონი (leponi) — genus Pterocarya (botany)
- Persian: لرگ (larg) — genus Pterocarya (botany)
- Polish: skrzydłorzech — genus Pterocarya (botany)
- Russian: лапи́на (lapína) — genus Pterocarya (botany)
- Russian: крылооре́шник (krylooréšnik) — genus Pterocarya (botany)
- Russian: птерока́рия (pterokárija) — genus Pterocarya (botany)
- Welsh: cnau adeiniog — genus Pterocarya (botany)
- Esperanto: ekstremisto — (slang) one with extreme or radical political views
- Esperanto: radikalulo — (slang) one with extreme or radical political views
- Russian: экстреми́ст (ekstremíst) — (slang) one with extreme or radical political views
- Russian: радика́л (radikál) — (slang) one with extreme or radical political views
- Finnish: kummajainen — odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person
- Finnish: hörhö — odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person
- German: Spinner — odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person
- Russian: ебанат (jebanat) — odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person
- Russian: фрик (frik) — odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person
- Russian: чуда́к (čudák) — odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person