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peanut

Definition

  • noun: a nut with a thin shell that grows under the ground and that can be eaten
  • noun: a low-branching widely cultivated annual herb ('Arachis hypogaea') of the legume family with showy yellow flowers having a peduncle which elongates and bends into the soil where the ovary ripens into a pod containing one to three oily edible seeds
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: goober, goober pea, groundnut

Examples

  • Five billion dollars is 'peanuts' compared to what the government spends each year.

  • a 'peanut butter' and jelly sandwich

  • He works all day for 'peanuts'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) And I also like to listen, sometimes, to old records through the vibrations. I like frozen peas and meatloaf and white bread and peanut butter. Spread to the edges. Please look after me. Thank you. Will you come back? I don't know. (..)
    2017 Baby Driver