wing nut

See also: wingnut and wing-nut

English

Wingnuts: nuts with wing-like projections.

Alternative forms

wing-nut, wingnut

Etymology

wing +‎ nut

Pronunciation

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Noun

wing nut (plural wing nuts)

A nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.
Synonyms: butterfly nut, (some designs) thumbnut
(slang, politics) One who advocates extreme measures or changes, especially if they hold or are perceived to hold far-right viewpoints; a radical or reactionary.
(slang, Australia) Someone with large, protruding ears.

Related terms

wingnut (plant)

Translations

nut with wing-like projections

Catalan: femella d'orelles f, femella papallona f
Danish: vingemøtrik (da) c
Esperanto: aletŝraŭbingo
Finnish: siipimutteri (fi), lehtimutteri (fi)
French: écrou à oreilles (fr) m, écrou papillon m, papillon (fr) m
German: Flügelmutter (de) f
Greek: πεταλούδα (el) f (petaloúda)
Ido: aletoskrubino (io)
Irish: cnó eiteach m, cnó cluasach m
Manx: cro cleashagh m
Russian: барашковая га́йка f (baraškovaja gájka), барашек (ru) m (barašek)
Spanish: palomilla (es) f
Swedish: vingmutter c

(slang) one who advocates extreme measures or changes; a radical

Esperanto: ekstremisto, radikalulo
Russian: экстреми́ст (ru) m (ekstremíst), радика́л (ru) m (radikál)

Further reading

Wingnut (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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