peanut

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈpiːnʌt/
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/ˈpiːnʌt/ · /ˈpiˌnʌt/

Definition of peanut

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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. (US)Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
  3. (in-plural)See peanuts (“very small amount”).

verb

  1. (transitive)To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

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Etymology

From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).

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