n. 1.usually large hard-shelled seed 2.Egyptian goddess of the sky 3.a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt 4.half the width of an em 5.a whimsically eccentric person 6.someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction 7.one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens nut v. 1.gather nuts