peanut

See also: pea-nut

English
peanuts

Etymology

From pea +‎ nut.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) enPR: pē'nŭt", IPA(key): /ˈpiːˌnʌt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpinət/, /ˈpiˌnʌt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌt

Noun

peanut (plural peanuts)

  1. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.

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Verb

peanut (third-person singular simple present peanuts, present participle peanutting, simple past and past participle peanutted)

  1. (transitive) To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

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Danish

Noun

peanut c (singular definite peanutten, plural indefinite peanuts)

  1. peanut

Inflection
Declension of peanut
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative peanut peanutten peanuts peanuttene
genitive peanuts peanuttens peanuts' peanuttenes

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