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• nut|crack|er — «NUHT KRAK uhr», noun. 1. an instrument for cracking the shells of nuts. 2. a bird related to the crow, that feeds on nuts, especially on pine seeds, such as Clark s nutcracker, which lives in the mountains of western North America …   Useful english dictionary

• nut — nut1 S3 [nʌt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(tool)¦ 3¦(crazy person)¦ 4 golf/opera etc nut 5¦(sex organ)¦ 6 the nuts and bolts of something 7 tough/hard nut 8 a hard/tough nut to crack 9 be off your nut …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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