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Definition: Wing Nut |
Wing NutNoun1. Nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
Synonyms: Wing NutSynonyms: thumbnut (n), wing screw (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Wing Nut |
| Specialty definitions using "wing nut": CRYSTALLIZER OPERATOR ♦ FRUIT DISTRIBUTOR ♦ SINK CUTTER. (references) |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
wing nut | 23 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. | ||
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. | |
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