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語源

From wing +‎ nut.

発音

名詞

wing nut (plural wing nuts)

1. A nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.

   Synonyms: butterfly nut, (some designs) thumbnut

2. Alternative form of wingnut (“person with radical political views, especially right-wing or conservative ones”).
3. Alternative form of wingnut (“person with large ears”).

関連する語

• wingnut (plant)

Further reading

• Wingnut (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

発音

• IPA: /ˈwɪŋˌnʌt/

名詞

wingnut (plural wingnuts)

1. A deciduous tree of the genus Pterocarya native to Asia.

   Synonym: pterocarya

2. (Discuss this sense) (informal, derogatory, politics) A person who is or seems odd, eccentric, or crazy; especially, someone with bizarre or extreme political views.

   Hyponyms: RWNJ, LWNJ

   Near-synonyms: nut, nut job, nut case, crank, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person, Thesaurus:mad person

   • 2009 October 7, John Avlon, “Avlon: Extremism in danger of acceptance”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, Special to CNN:

     We are witnessing a wingnut war break out in American politics, organized on the Internet and fought out in airwaves and in town halls, wingnuts firing their shots from the outer reaches and strafing the common sense center.

   • 2014, “The Part of Him”, in Patterson Hood (lyrics), English Oceans, performed by Drive-By Truckers:

     He was elected, wingnut raised and corn fed / Teabags dragging on the chamber floor / He did what he had to do to get southern boys to vote for you / To grease the wheels to get you in the door

   • 2019 November 27, Alex Henderson, AlterNet:

     On November 21, evangelist Franklin Graham (son of the late Rev. Billy Graham and a strident Trump supporter) discussed impeachment when he appeared on fellow wingnut Eric Metaxas’ radio show.

   • 2025 March 16, David Lange, “Actress Debra Winger Became a Wingnut”, in israellycool.com‎:
   • 2026 June 3, John Birmingham, “Neoliberalism ate the world. Enter: Pauline Hanson”, in Crikey‎:

     Arab oil tyrants and the Bee Gees were all making out like bandits, and a bunch of very well-funded cranks and wingnuts were about to fall backasswards into a pot of gold.

3. (slang, rural US) A member of the air force (in a town that hosts a USAF installation).
4. (slang, informal) A person with large ears.
5. Alternative form of wing nut (“(mechanical) nut with wing-like projections”).

   Hypernyms: nut < fastener

派生語

• Caucasian wingnut
• wingnuttery
• wingnutty

参考

(odd, eccentric, or extremist person):

Further reading

• Wingnut (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wingnut on the Word Detective.