name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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. 2
   pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; ‘groundnut’ and ‘monkey nut’ are British terms wordnet
3. 3
   Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”). US
4. 4
   a young child who is small for their age wordnet
5. 5
   See peanuts (“very small amount”). in-plural

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6. 6
   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 wordnet
7. 7
   underground pod of the peanut vine wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten. transitive

Adjective

1. 1
   of little importance or influence or power; of minor status wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A given name for a pet animal.

Synonyms

All synonyms

goobergoobergoober peamonkey nutalmondalmond paste

Antonyms

All antonyms

jelly

Example

More examples

"Some children brought peanut butter sandwiches, some ham, and others cheese."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From peanut.

Related phrases

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.