wing nut

See also: wingnut and wing-nut

English

Wingnuts: nuts with wing-like projections.

Alternative forms

wing-nut, wingnut

Etymology

wing +‎ nut

Noun

wing nut (plural wing nuts)

A nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.
(slang) One who advocates extreme measures or changes; a radical.
(slang, Australia) Someone with large, protruding ears.

Synonyms

(hardware): butterfly nut
(hardware): thumbnut (some designs)

Related terms

wingnut (plant)

Translations

nut with wing-like projections

Danish: vingemøtrik c
Finnish: siipimutteri (fi), lehtimutteri (fi)
French: écrou à oreilles (fr)
German: Flügelmutter (de) f
Greek: πεταλούδα (el) f (petaloúda)
Ido: aletoskrubino (io)

Irish: cnó eiteach m, cnó cluasach m
Manx: cro cleashagh m
Russian: барашковая га́йка f (baraškovaja gájka), барашек (ru) m (barašek)
Spanish: palomilla (es)
Swedish: vingmutter c

(slang) one who advocates extreme measures or changes; a radical

Russian: экстреми́ст (ru) m (ekstremíst), радика́л (ru) m (radikál)

Further reading

Wingnut (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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