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Wing Nut

Definition: Wing Nut

Wing Nut

Noun

1. Nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: Wing Nut

DomainDefinition

Mechanical Engineering

A thumb nut having two wings like those of a butterfly. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Wing Nut

Synonyms: thumbnut (n), wing screw (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Wing Nut

Specialty definitions using "wing nut": CRYSTALLIZER OPERATORFRUIT DISTRIBUTORSINK CUTTER. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wing Nut

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

wing nut

23
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Wing Nut

Language Translations for "wing nut"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

vingemoetrik (thumb nut), vingemøtrik (butterfly nut, fly nut, hand nut, thumb nut), floejmoetrik (butterfly nut, thumb nut), fløjmøtrik (butterfly nut, fly nut). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vleugelmoer (butterfly nut, fly nut, hand nut, thumb nut, trunnion nut). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

siipimutteri (butterfly nut, fly nut, thumb nut). (various references)

   

French

  

papillon (usually with jointing strip along either or both sides), écrou-papillon, écrou papillon, écrou croisillon, écrou aile, écrou papillon, écrou oreilles plates, écrou oreilles, écrou clé, écrou ailettes. (various references)

   

German

  

Flügelmutter (butterfly nut). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πεταλούδα (butterfly). (various references)

   

Italian

  

galletto (chicken, chockerel, cockerel), dado con perno di articolazione (trunnion nut), dado ad alette (butterfly nut, fly nut, hand nut, thumb nut), dado a chiave (thumb nut). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cro cleashagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ingway utnay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

porca de picolete de suporte (trunnion nut), porca de orelhas (butterfly nut, fly nut), porca com orelhas (butterfly nut, fly nut, hand nut, thumb nut), porca borboleta (butterfly nut, fly nut, hand nut, thumb nut). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

piuliţã-fluture. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tuerca de mariposa (butterfly nut), tuerca de llave (thumb nut), tuerca de fijación (hold down nut, trunnion nut), tuerca de aletas (butterfly nut, fly nut, hand nut, thumb nut). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vingmutter (butterfly nut, fly nut, thumb nut). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kelbek vida somunu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Wing Nut

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-i-n-n-t-u-w"

-1 letter: tuning.

-2 letters: unwit.

-3 letters: ting, tung, twig, twin, unit, wing.

-4 letters: gin, git, gnu, gun, gut, inn, nit, nun, nut, tin, tug, tui, tun, wig, win, wit.

-5 letters: in, it, nu, ti, un, ut.

 Words containing the letters "g-i-n-n-t-u-w"
 

+2 letters: untwining, unweeting, unwitting.

 

+3 letters: outfawning, outgnawing, outwinding, unswathing, untwisting.

 

+4 letters: outfrowning, unweetingly, unweighting, unwittingly, unwreathing.

 

+5 letters: underwriting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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