peanut
Plural: peanuts
Noun
- A leguminous plant's edible seed, often called a groundnut.
- underground pod of the peanut vine
- widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
- a young child who is small for his age
- pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
- A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
- Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
- See peanuts (“very small amount”).
Adjective Satellite
- of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
- "peanut politicians"
Verb
- To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.
Examples
- He felt his high score was just a peanut compared to his opponent’s massive lead.
Origin / Etymology
From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).
Synonyms
Arachis hypogaea, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, insignificant, monkey nut, peanut vine, countneck, pinder
Scrabble Score: 8
peanut: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpeanut: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
peanut: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary