butterfly nut
1butterfly nut — butterfly ,nut noun count a small piece of metal with a hole through the middle, used for fastening things. It has sides that stick out so that you can turn it easily …
2butterfly nut — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms butterfly nut : singular butterfly nut plural butterfly nuts a wing nut …
3butterfly nut — noun a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning • Syn: ↑wing nut, ↑wing nut, ↑wing screw, ↑thumbnut • Hypernyms: ↑nut …
4butterfly nut — /ˈbʌtəflaɪ nʌt/ (say butuhfluy nut) noun → wing nut …
5butterfly nut. — See wing nut. [1735 45, Amer.] * * * …
6butterfly nut — noun another term for wing nut …
7butterfly nut — noun (C) a wing nut …
8butterfly nut. — See wing nut. [1735 45, Amer.] …
9butterfly screw — or butterfly nut noun A screw or nut turned by winged finger grips • • • Main Entry: ↑butter …
10butterfly — n. (pl. flies) 1 any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four usu. brightly coloured wings erect when at rest. 2 a showy or frivolous person. 3 (in pl.) colloq. a nervous sensation felt in the… …
