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wing-nut

wing-nut is the alternative form of wing nut.

Meaning of wing nut

Noun

wing nut (plural wing nuts)

  1. A nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.

Forms of wing-nut

pluralwing-nuts

Questions about wing-nut

What is wing-nut the alternative form of?
Wing-nut is the alternative form of wing nut.

Words near wing-nut in the dictionary

  1. wing-and-wing
  2. wing-back
  3. wing-backs
  4. wing-footed
  5. wing-handed
  6. wing-nut
  7. wing-nuts
  8. wing-play
  9. wing-shell
  10. wing-shells
  11. wing-shot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wing-nut (page history and authors); wing nut (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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