peanut

Meaning

Noun

1. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
2. A very small clam.
3. See peanuts (“very small amount”).

Verb

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

Synonyms

groundnut

goober

earthnut

monkey nut

goober pea

bean

nut

pea

Arachis hypogaea

peanut vine

insignificant

ground nut

walnut

ground-nut

peacan

jack nut

roasted peanuts

earth chestnut

pinda

drink

🥤

legume

lima bean

little

lowercase

monkeynut

monkey-nut

nickel-and-dime

peanuts

🥜

piddling

shell

🐚

Hyphenated as

pea‧nut

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpiːnʌt/

Etymology

From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).