Meanings
plural wing nuts · alternative wing-nut · alternative wingnut
- A nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.
Synonyms: butterfly nut, thumbnut
- alternativeAlternative form of wingnut (“person with radical political views, especially right-wing or conservative ones”).
- alternativeAlternative form of wingnut (“person with large ears”).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia
nouna threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan femella d'orelles, femella papallona
- femella d'orellesnut with wing-like projections
- femella papallonanut with wing-like projections
Danish vingemøtrik
- vingemøtriknut with wing-like projections
Dutch vleugelmoer, bladmoer
- vleugelmoernut with wing-like projections
- bladmoernut with wing-like projections
Esperanto aletŝraŭbingo
- aletŝraŭbingonut with wing-like projections
Finnish siipimutteri, lehtimutteri
- siipimutterinut with wing-like projections
- lehtimutterinut with wing-like projections
French écrou à oreilles, écrou papillon
- écrou à oreillesnut with wing-like projections
- écrou papillonnut with wing-like projections
- papillonnut with wing-like projections
German Flügelmutter
- Flügelmutternut with wing-like projections
Greek πεταλούδα
- πεταλούδα (petaloúda)nut with wing-like projections
Irish cnó eiteach, cnó cluasach
- cnó eiteachnut with wing-like projections
- cnó cluasachnut with wing-like projections
Polish nakrętka skrzydełkowa
- nakrętka skrzydełkowanut with wing-like projections
Russian барашковая га́йка, барашек
- барашковая га́йка (baraškovaja gájka)nut with wing-like projections
- барашек (barašek)nut with wing-like projections
Spanish palomilla
- palomillanut with wing-like projections
Swedish vingmutter
- vingmutternut with wing-like projections
Cite this entry
wing nut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wing%20nut
“wing nut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wing%20nut. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wing nut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wing%20nut.
Source: wing nut on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.