peanut

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Pronunciation

• (British) enPR: pē'nŭt", IPA: /ˈpiːˌnʌt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpinət/, /ˈpiˌnʌt/

Noun

peanut (plural peanuts)

1. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.
2. (US) A very small clam.

Synonyms

• goober (Southern US slang), goober pea (dated Southern US), monkey nut (UK)

Translations

• French: arachide, cacahuète; pinotte (Quebec, informal)
• German: Erdnuss
• Italian: arachide
• Portuguese: amendoim; ginguba (Angola)
• Russian: ара́хис
• Spanish: maní (Latin America), cacahuate (Mexico), cacahuete (Spain)

Verb

peanut (peanuts, present participle peanutting; past and past participle peanutted)

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

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