wing nut
or wingnut
a nut having two flat, widely projecting pieces such that it can be readily tightened with the thumb and forefinger.
Origin of wing nut
1- Also called butterfly nut, thumbnut.
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How to use wing nut in a sentence
His views might be extreme, but he did not come off as a wingnut while presenting them.
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) is a grifter and a wingnut, but is he possibly a felon too?
Ethics Office Sees Evidence Republican Congressman Broke the Law | Ben Jacobs | June 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe's still out there trying to pump up the Tea Party wingnut vote.
This idea is really the spawn of Mark Levin, the wingnut radio host, who has (of course) written a book about it.
Mark Levin's Nutty Constitutional Convention Idea | Michael Tomasky | August 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWell, we learned something new about what's going on in wingnut land.
It has no latch and the throttle lever is held in any desired setting by the wingnut and quadrant shown in figure 18.
The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 | John H. White
British Dictionary definitions for wing nut
a threaded nut tightened by hand by means of two flat lugs or wings projecting from the central body: Also called: butterfly nut
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