peanut
//ˈpiːnʌt//
Forms
- Plural
- peanuts
- present (v1)
- peanut
- past (v2)
- peanutted
- past participle (v3)
- peanutted
- present participle
- peanutting
- 3rd person singular
- peanuts
Definitions
1.A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
- He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.
2.Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
3.See peanuts (“very small amount”).
1.To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4809
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).