Nut often refers to: * Nut (fruit), fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, or a collective noun for dry and edible fruits or seeds *

Nut (hardware) A nut is a type of fastener with a threaded hole. Nuts are almost always used in conjunction with a mating bolt to fasten multiple parts together. The two partners are kept together by a combination of their threads' friction (with slight ela ...

, fastener used with a bolt Nut or Nuts may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics

* ''Nuts'', comic in the National Lampoon by

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(1970s) * ''Nuts'', comic strip in alternative newspapers by M. Wartella (1990s)

Fictional characters

* Nut (Marvel Comics), fictional character evoking the Egyptian sky goddess * Nut (movie character), character portrayed by Shing Fui-On in two late 20th-century Hong Kong crime films

Films

* Nuts (1987 film), ''Nuts'' (1987 film), American drama * Nuts (2012 film), ''Nuts'' (2012 film), French comedy * Nuts! (film), ''Nuts!'' (film), animated documentary on John R. Brinkley

Television

* John Acorn, the "nature nut" in series ''Acorn, The Nature Nut'' *NBC Universal Television Studio, or NUTS, former name of television arm of NBCUniversal / Universal Television * Nuts TV, British television channel related to ''Nuts'' magazine

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Nut (album), ''Nut'', album by KT Tunstall *Nuts (album), ''Nuts'' (album), by Kevin Gilbert * Nuts (magazine), ''Nuts'' (magazine), UK men's weekly * Nuts (play), ''Nuts'' (play), 1979 play by Tom Topor * "Nuts", song by Brooke Candy and Lil Aaron

Health

* NUT carcinoma, rare, very aggressive cancer

Institutions and organisations

* National Union of Teachers or NUT, former British trade union for school teachers * Norwegian University of Science and Technology or NUT * NUT (studio), anime studio

Instruments and mechanical tools

* Nut (climbing), metal device for wedging in rock crevices * Nut, moving element of a ball screw * Nut (string instrument), device supporting and stabilizing strings near the headstock of a violin or guitar

Science and technology

* 306367 Nut, Apollo asteroid (1960) * Network UPS Tools or NUTS * No U-Turn Sampler or NUTS, algorithm * Nuclear utilization target selection or NUTS, theory regarding nuclear weaponry * NUT Container, FFmpeg#NUT, FFmpeg format

Slang

* An Insanity, insane person * Nut hand or "the nuts", poker term for an unbeatable hand * "Nuts", human testicles * "Nut", term that can either refer to semen or ejaculation

Other uses

* Nut (goddess), the Egyptian goddess of the sky * Nut, the dash#En dash, En dash in typography * Modesto Nuts, minor league baseball team in Modesto, California, USA * No U-turn syndrome or NUTS, term describing Singaporean culture * NUT Motorcycles, Newcastle-upon-Tyne motorcycle manufacturer * "Nuts!", U.S. Army General Anthony McAuliffe#"NUTS!", Anthony McAuliffe's refusal-to-surrender message during the World War II German siege of Bastogne * NUTS, European Union system of multiple layers of geographical divisions known as Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics * Nutty slack, cheap fuel consisting of slack (coal dust) and small lumps of coal (nuts) (British English) * The Nut (Tasmania), volcanic plug near the town of Stanley, Australia