nut

(eg. origin, ancient, music )

nut /ˈnət/ ?

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(n) usually large hard-shelled seed
(n) Egyptian goddess of the sky
(n) a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
(n) half the width of an em
(n) a whimsically eccentric person
(n) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
(n) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
(v) gather nuts

Michael Duva Getty Recently, a Massachusetts school district evacuated a school bus full of 10-year-olds after a stray peanut was found on the floor.
The injection counteracts anaphylactic shock, a potentially deadly allergic reaction that results in closed airways and can be triggered by mere contact with a nut-based product.
For a hungry small boy to crack one walnut, or even a dozen, is no problem.

"I know every series that the Lakers have played in," Bryant said. "I mean, I was just a Laker nut, and I know every Celtics series, I know every statistic. (Winning) meant the world to me."
on Jun 18, 2010 By: Kobe Bryant Source: AFP
"When Hemingway killed himself he put a period at the end of his life; old age is more like a semicolon," Vonnegut said with a wheezy laugh worthy of a long-term chain smoker. "My father, like Hemingway, was a gun nut and was very unhappy...
on Sep 15, 2005 By: Kurt Vonnegut Source: MSNBC
"Brian wants to go. He's in the mind-set that he wants to play, but it's a decision that I've got to make," coach Andy Reid said Friday. "He's a tough nut and I know that. I've got to do what I think is best for him and the football team down...
on Oct 10, 2008 By: Andy Reid Source: ABC News