peanut

About 1.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

   He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.

2. noun Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
3. noun See peanuts (“very small amount”).
4. verb To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

Similar words

goober pea goober earthnut groundnut monkey nut little small minor insignificant arachis hypogaea

Often followed by

butter oil sauce and brittle or shells meal allergy

Word family

packing peanut packing peanuts peanuts