Nut often refers to: *

Nut (fruit) A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. In general usage and in a culinary sense, many dry seeds are called nuts, but in a botanical context, "nut" implies that the shell does not open ...

, fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed *

Nut (food) A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. In general usage and in a culinary sense, many dry seeds are called nuts. In a botanical context, "nut" implies that the shell does not open t ...

, a dry and edible fruit or seed, including but not limited to true nuts *

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

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

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics

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

Gahan Wilson Gahan Allen Wilson (February 18, 1930 – November 21, 2019) was an American author, cartoonist and illustrator known for his cartoons depicting horror-fantasy situations. Biography Wilson was born in Evanston, Illinois, and was inspired by th ...

(1970s) * ''Nuts'', comic strip in alternative newspapers by

M. Wartella Michael M. Wartella (born August 19, 1976) is an American underground cartoonist, animator, writer and director based in New York City, generally publishing under the name M. Wartella or just Wartella. He is best known for his work in ''The Vil ...

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

Television

NBC Universal Television Studio Universal Television LLC (abbreviated as UTV) is an American television production company that is a division of Universal Studio Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which, in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. It serves as the networ ...

, or NUTS, former name of television arm of NBCUniversal / Universal Television *

Nuts TV Nuts TV was a British television channel related to ''Nuts (magazine), Nuts'' magazine. Nuts TV began broadcasting on Freeview (UK), Freeview channel 42 on 12 September 2007 nightly from 9pm to 1am, and launched on Sky Digital (UK & Ireland), S ...

, British television channel related to ''Nuts'' magazine

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Nut'', album by KT Tunstall * ''Nuts'' (album), by Kevin Gilbert * ''Nuts!'' (book), a 1996 book about Southwest Airlines * ''Nuts'' (American magazine), US fashion magazine * ''Nuts'' (British magazine), UK men's weekly * ''Nuts'' (play), 1979 play by Tom Topor * "Nuts", song by

Brooke Candy Brooke Dyan Candy (born July 20, 1989) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and tattoo artist. Raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, she rose to prominence after starring in Grimes' music video for " Genesis" (2012). Following its success ...

and Lil Aaron

Health

NUT carcinoma NUT carcinoma (NC; formerly NUT midline carcinoma (NMC)) is a rare genetically defined, very aggressive squamous-cell carcinoma, squamous cell epithelium, epithelial cancer that usually arises in the midline of the body and is characterized by a ch ...

, rare, very aggressive cancer

Institutions and organisations

National Union of Teachers The National Union of Teachers (NUT; ) was a trade union for school teachers in Education in England, England, Education in Wales, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It was a member of the Trades Union Congress. In March 2017, NU ...

or NUT, former British trade union for school teachers *

Norwegian University of Science and Technology The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...

or NUT *

NUT (studio) is a Japanese animation studio An animation studio is a company producing animation, animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, an ...

, anime studio

Instruments and mechanical tools

Nut (climbing) In rock climbing, a nut (or ''chock'' or ''chockstone'' or wire for the smallest versions) is a metal wedge threaded on a wire that climbers use for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock. Quickdraws are clipped to the nut wire by th ...

, metal device for wedging in rock crevices * Nut, moving element of a

ball screw A ball screw (or ballscrew) is a mechanical linear actuator that translates rotational motion to linear motion with little friction. A threaded shaft provides a helical raceway for ball bearings which act as a precision screw. As well as bein ...

Nut (string instrument) A nut, on a stringed musical instrument, is a small piece of hard material that supports the strings at the end closest to the headstock or scroll. The nut marks one end of the vibrating length of each open string, sets the spacing of the strin ...

, device supporting and stabilizing strings near the headstock of a violin or guitar

Science and technology

306367 Nut 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies ...

, Apollo asteroid (1960) *

Network UPS Tools Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a suite of software component designed to monitor power devices, such as uninterruptible power supplies, power distribution units, solar controllers and servers power supply units. Many brands and models are support ...

or NUT *

No U-Turn Sampler The Hamiltonian Monte Carlo algorithm (originally known as hybrid Monte Carlo) is a Markov chain Monte Carlo method for obtaining a sequence of Sampling (statistics), random samples whose distribution Convergence of random variables, converges to ...

or NUTS, algorithm *

Nuclear utilization target selection Nuclear utilization target selection (NUTS) is a hypothesis regarding the use of nuclear weapons often contrasted with mutually assured destruction (MAD). NUTS theory at its most basic level asserts that it is possible for a limited nuclear exch ...

or NUTS, theory regarding nuclear weaponry * NUT Container,

FFmpeg FFmpeg is a free and open-source software project consisting of a suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams. At its core is the command-line ffmpeg tool itself, designed for processing vide ...

format *

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS () is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, is developed and regulated by the European ...

, a European Union system of multiple layers of geographical divisions

Slang

* An

insane Insanity, madness, lunacy, and craziness are behaviors caused by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity can manifest as violations of societal norms, including a person or persons becoming a danger to themselves or to other ...

person *

Nut hand In poker, the nut hand (or the nuts) is the strongest possible hand in a given situation. The second-nut hand or third-nut hand (and so on) may refer to the second and third best possible hands. The term applies mostly to community card poker game ...

or "the nuts", poker term for an unbeatable hand * "Nuts", human

testicle A testicle or testis ( testes) is the gonad in all male bilaterians, including humans, and is Homology (biology), homologous to the ovary in females. Its primary functions are the production of sperm and the secretion of Androgen, androgens, p ...

s * "Nut", term that can either refer to

semen Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is a bodily fluid that contains spermatozoon, spermatozoa which is secreted by the male gonads (sexual glands) and other sexual organs of male or hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic animals. In humans and placen ...

ejaculation Ejaculation is the discharge of semen (the ''ejaculate''; normally containing sperm) from the penis through the urethra. It is the final stage and natural objective of male sexual stimulation, and an essential component of natural conception. ...

Other uses

Nuts Nut often refers to: * Nut (fruit), fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed * Nut (food), a dry and edible fruit or seed, including but not limited to true nuts * Nut (hardware), fastener used with a bolt Nut, NUT or Nuts may also refer to: A ...

, a hazelnut chocolate bar by

Nestlé Nestlé S.A. ( ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 20 ...

Nut (goddess) Nut (, ), also known by #Names, various other transcriptions, is the goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the universe in the ancient Egyptian religion. She is often depicted as a nude female covered with stars and archin ...

, the Egyptian goddess of the sky * "Nut" in typography is an informal term for a width of 1 en, used in terms like "nut quad" (for an

en quad In typography, a quad (originally ''quadrat'') was a metal spacer used in letterpress typesetting. The term was later adopted as the generic name for two common sizes of spaces in typography, regardless of the form of typesetting used. An em quad ...

) and "nut dash" (for an

en dash The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

). *

Modesto Nuts The Modesto Nuts are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. They are located in Modesto, California, and are named for the several types of nuts grown in the Central Valley. They ...

, 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 General Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe (2 July 1898 – 10 August 1975) was a senior United States Army officer who earned fame as the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge ...

's refusal-to-surrender message during the World War II German siege of Bastogne * Nutty slack, cheap fuel consisting of slack (

coal dust Coal dust is a fine-powdered form of coal which is created by the crushing, grinding, or pulverizer, pulverization of coal rock. Because of the brittle nature of coal, coal dust can be created by mining, transporting, or mechanically handling it. ...

) and small lumps of coal (nuts) (British English) * The Nut (Tasmania), volcanic plug near the town of Stanley, Australia