Usually means: Fastener with two projecting wings.
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  1. wing-nut: Vocabulary.com
  2. Wing-Nut, wing-nut: Wordnik
  3. wing-nut: Wiktionary
  4. wing-nut: Dictionary.com
  5. wing-nut: Rhymezone
  6. wing-nut: MyWord.info
  7. wing-nut: FreeDictionary.org
  8. wing-nut: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. wing-nut: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. wing-nut: Encyclopedia

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Wing-nut)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of wing nut [A nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.]

Similar:
wingbar, nut head, monkeywrench, bat-wing, monkey-wrench, bat wing, bat's wing, nut bar, x-wing, wingchair, more...

Opposite:
bolt, screw, fastener, nut

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Similar:
wingbar, nut head, monkeywrench, bat-wing, monkey-wrench, bat wing, bat's wing, nut bar, x-wing, wingchair, more...

Opposite:
bolt, screw, fastener, nut



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