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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A fastener: a piece of metal, usually square or hexagonal in shape, with a hole through it having machined internal threads, intended to be screwed onto a bolt or other threaded shaft.
  • A hard-shelled seed.
  • An extreme enthusiast, such as a gun nut or car nut.
  • US|slang A stash of money owned by an extremely rich investor, sufficient to sustain a high level of consumption if all other money is lost.
  • US|slang The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.
  • vulgarity|slang|rarely used in the singular A testicle.
  • informal A crazy person.
  • musical instruments On string instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
  • slang The head.
  • _|slang En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use.

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Verb:

  • intransitive|slang To ejaculate (''semen'').
  • transitive|slang To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt.

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