wingnut
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wingnut
- /ˈwɪŋˌnʌt/
Where it comes from
From wing + nut. The political sense is a shortening of "right-wing nut".
noun wingnuts
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A deciduous tree of the genus Pterocarya native to Asia.
Similar: pterocarya
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A person who is or seems odd, eccentric, or crazy; especially, someone with bizarre or extreme political views.
Near-synonyms: nut, nut job, nut case, crank, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person, Thesaurus:mad person
Similar: nut, nut job, nut case, crank, weirdo, bizarro, coot, crackpot, eccentric, freak, glaik, hard case
- A member of the air force (in a town that hosts a USAF installation).
- A person with large ears.
- Alternative form of wing nut (“(mechanical) nut with wing-like projections”).
Translations
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noun genus Pterocarya (botany)
| Deutsch | Flügelnuss |
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| Русский | лапи́на lapína, крылооре́шник krylooréšnik, птерока́рия pterokárija |
noun (slang) one with extreme or radical political views
| Русский | экстреми́ст ekstremíst, радика́л radikál |
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title = {wingnut},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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