Usually means: Fastener with wings for turning.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word wingnut:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. wingnut: Merriam-Webster
  2. wingnut: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Wingnut, wingnut: Wordnik
  4. wingnut: Wiktionary
  5. wingnut: Dictionary.com
  6. wingnut: Online Etymology Dictionary
  7. Wingnut (disambiguation), Wingnut (hardware), Wingnut (politics), Wingnut: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Wingnut (disambiguation), wingnut: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Wingnut: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. wingnut, wingnut: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. wingnut: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (wingnut)

noun:  A deciduous tree of the genus Pterocarya native to Asia.
noun:  (slang, derogatory, politics) Someone with bizarre or extreme political views (especially extreme conservative views).
noun:  (slang, derogatory, North American itinerant and street populations) A mentally ill homeless person.
noun:  (slang, derogatory) Someone perceived as odd, eccentric, or extreme.
noun:  (slang, rural US) A member of the air force (in a town that hosts a USAF installation).
noun:  (slang, informal) A nickname given to someone with large ears.
noun:  Alternative form of wing nut. [A nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.]

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