Usually means: Fastener with two projecting wings.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word wing nut:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. wing nut: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wing nut: Merriam-Webster
  3. wing nut: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wing nut: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. wing nut: Collins English Dictionary
  6. wing-nut, wing nut: Vocabulary.com
  7. Wing-Nut, wing-nut: Wordnik
  8. wing nut: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Wing nut: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. wing-nut, wing nut: Wiktionary
  11. wing nut: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. wing nut: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. wing-nut, wing nut: Dictionary.com
  14. Wing nut: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. wing-nut, wing nut: Rhymezone
  16. wing-nut, wing nut: MyWord.info
  17. wing-nut, wing nut: FreeDictionary.org
  18. wing-nut, wing nut: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. wing-nut, wing nut: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wing-nut, wing nut: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wing-nut: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Fastener Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See wing_nuts as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (wing nut)

noun:  A nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.
noun:  (slang, politics) One who advocates extreme measures or changes, especially if they hold or are perceived to hold far-right viewpoints; a radical or reactionary.
noun:  (slang, Australia) Someone with large, protruding ears.

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