nutting
noun
the act of seeking or gathering nuts.
nutting
1 American
[nuht-ing]
/ ˈnʌt ɪŋ /
noun
Nutting
2
American
[nuht-ing]
/ ˈnʌt ɪŋ /
noun
nutting
British
/ ˈnʌtɪŋ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of nutting
Example Sentences
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BST14:17 58 min: Bordeaux reply by going close themselves, Saivet nutting the ball into the sidenetting after racing in front of Liverpool defenders to meet a corner at the near post.
From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2015
This was slapstick stuff and Houghton delivered the perfect punchline by nutting the ball into net from 12 yards.
From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2012
When the Zuni men had their wives and children established on the nutting grounds they returned to their fields.
From Time Magazine Archive
They went nutting together, tramped through the woods, read together the latest discoveries in the radio field, until the girls became almost as great enthusiasts as the boys.
From The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance by Chapman, Allen
The nut-stealers take no care in pulling down the boughs, but break them shamefully, destroying entire bushes; and for this reason in many places, where nutting was once freely permitted, it is now rigidly repressed.
From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard
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