Nut
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Nut may refer to:
- En dash or nut, traditionally half the width of an em dash
- Nut (climbing)Nut (climbing)In rock climbing, a nut is a metal wedge threaded on a wire, used for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock. Quickdraws are clipped to the nut wire by the ascending climber and the rope threads through the quickdraw. Nuts come in a variety of sizes and styles, and several different...
, a piece of metal wedged into a rock - Nut (fruit)Nut (fruit)A nut is a hard-shelled fruit of some plants having an indehiscent seed. While a wide variety of dried seeds and fruits are called nuts in English, only a certain number of them are considered by biologists to be true nuts...
, the large, usually oily seed of some plants (such as a hazelnut, chestnut, etc.) - Nut (goddess)Nut (goddess)In the Ennead of Egyptian mythology, Nut was the goddess of the sky.-Goddess of the sky:...
, the Egyptian goddess of the sky - Nut grass, (Cyperus rotundus) sometimes known as "the World's worst weed".
- Nut (hardware)Nut (hardware)A nut is a type of hardware fastener with a threaded hole. Nuts are almost always used opposite a mating bolt to fasten a stack of parts together. The two partners are kept together by a combination of their threads' friction, a slight stretch of the bolt, and compression of the parts...
, a fastener used with a bolt - Nut (string instrument), of a string instrument is a small piece of hard material which supports the strings at the end closest to the headstock or scroll
- The moving element of a ball screwBall screwA ball screw is a mechanical linear actuator that translates rotational motion to linear motion with little friction. A threaded shaft provides a helical raceway for ball bearings which act as a precision screw. As well as being able to apply or withstand high thrust loads, they can do so with...
Media and entertainment
- Nuts (play)Nuts (play)Nuts is a 1979 play by Tom Topor. It is a suspense, psychological, and courtroom drama that explores sexual abuse issues, family and social power dynamics, and aspects of the criminal court system. It was staged off-off-Broadway in 1979 and transferred to Broadway the following year...
, a 1979 play by Tom Topor - Nuts (film)Nuts (film)Nuts is a 1987 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfuss. The screenplay by Tom Topor, Darryl Ponicsan, and Alvin Sargent is based on Topor's 1979 play of the same title...
, a 1987 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt; the screenplay by Tom Topor, Darryl Ponicsan, and Alvin Sargent is based on Topor's 1979 play of the same title - Nuts (magazine)Nuts (magazine)Nuts is a weekly lad mag published in the United Kingdom. It was the first weekly lads magazine to be published in the UK and is sold every Tuesday...
, a weekly lad mag published in the United Kingdom - Nuts TVNuts TVNuts TV was a British television channel related to Nuts magazine. Nuts TV began broadcasting on Freeview channel 42 on 12 September 2007, and launched on Sky Digital on 21 January 2008....
, a British television channel related to Nuts magazine - NUT Container, a multimedia container formatComparison of container formatsThis table compares features of container formats. To see which multimedia players support which container format, look at comparison of media players.-Information:-Audio formats supported:-Video formats supported:-Caption formats supported:...
- Nuts, a 1970s comic strip in National Lampoon by Gahan WilsonGahan WilsonGahan Wilson is an American author, cartoonist and illustrator known for his cartoons depicting horror-fantasy situations...
- Nuts, a 1990s comic strip in alternative newspapers by M. WartellaM. WartellaMichael M. Wartella is an American underground cartoonist and animator based in New York City who generally publishes under the name "M. Wartella".- Career :...
- Nut (movie character) from the 1983 Hong Kong crime comedy, "Oh, My Cops!", and the 1990 Hong Kong crime thriller, Against All
- Nut (Marvel Comics), a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe, based loosely on Nut, the Egyptian goddess of the sky
- Modesto NutsModesto NutsThe Modesto Nuts are a minor league baseball team in Modesto, California, USA. They are a Class A - Advanced team in the California League and a farm team of the Colorado Rockies. The Modesto Nuts play home games at John Thurman Field. Opened in 1955 and renovated in 1997, the park seats 4,000 fans...
, a minor league baseball team in Modesto, California, USA - NBCUniversal Television Studios
- NUTS (student television)NUTS (student television)Nottingham University Television Station, commonly referred to as NUTS, is the student television station of the University of Nottingham. It is funded by the University of Nottingham Students' Union and constitutes one of the Union's 9 Student-Run Services...
, the student television station of the University of Nottingham
As slang
- Slang for a person suffering from insanityInsanityInsanity, craziness or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity may manifest as violations of societal norms, including becoming a danger to themselves and others, though not all such acts are considered insanity...
- Slang term for testicleTesticleThe testicle is the male gonad in animals. Like the ovaries to which they are homologous, testes are components of both the reproductive system and the endocrine system...
- Truck nuts, accessories for pickup trucks and other vehicles
- Slang term for ejaculate
- Nut handNut handIn poker, the nut hand, is the strongest possible hand in a given situation. The second-nut hand or third-nut hand may refer to the second and third best possible hands...
, a poker term
Other uses
- The Nut, a landmark near Stanley, Tasmania
- NUT MotorcyclesNUT MotorcyclesNUT Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer founded in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1912 by Hugh Mason and Jock Hall, who had previously been making motorcycles since 1906 under a badge based on Mason's initials, HM, and later under the name of Jesmond and Bercley...
, a British motorcycle manufacturer founded in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1912 by Hugh Mason and Jock Hall - National Union of TeachersNational Union of TeachersThe National Union of Teachers is a trade union for school teachers in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It is a member of the Trades Union Congress...
, a British trade union for school teachers - No U-Turn SyndromeNo U-turn syndromeNo U-Turn Syndrome is a term first coined by Singaporean entrepreneur Sim Wong Hoo, to prominently describe the social behaviour of Singaporeans having a mindset of compliance to higher authorities before proceeding with any action....
, a term describing Singaporean culture - Nomenclature of Territorial Units for StatisticsNomenclature of Territorial Units for StatisticsThe Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes...
is a standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries - Nuclear Utilization Target SelectionNuclear utilization target selectionNuclear utilization target selection is a theory regarding the use of nuclear weapons often contrasted with mutually assured destruction . NUTS theory at its most basic level asserts that it is possible for a limited nuclear exchange to occur and that nuclear weapons are simply one more rung on...
, a theory regarding nuclear weaponry - Nuts, a chocolate product by Nestlé
- "Nuts!", a quote attributed to General Anthony McAuliffeAnthony McAuliffeGeneral Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe was the United States Army general who commanded the 101st Airborne Division troops defending Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II...
at the Battle of Bastogne - NUTS (talker)Nuts (Talker)NUTS, or Neil's Unix Talk Server is a talker base written in C programming language by Neil Robertson, and got the status as the best-known talker base by 1996, surpassing ew-too....
, an Internet communications server - Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorwegian University of Science and TechnologyThe Norwegian University of Science and Technology , commonly known as NTNU, is located in Trondheim. NTNU is the second largest of the eight universities in Norway, and, as its name suggests, has the main national responsibility for higher education in engineering and technology...
, Trondheim, Norway, the abbreviation has since changed to NUSTNorwegian University of Science and TechnologyThe Norwegian University of Science and Technology , commonly known as NTNU, is located in Trondheim. NTNU is the second largest of the eight universities in Norway, and, as its name suggests, has the main national responsibility for higher education in engineering and technology... - Niue time, the UTC−11:00 time zone
- An alternative name for an ndash
- Network UPS ToolsNetwork UPS ToolsNetwork UPS Tools is a suite of software component designed to monitor power devices, such as uninterruptible power supplies, power distribution units, solar controllers and servers power supply units...