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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 quotes

  • (..) turn and pull. Turn and pull. Forget about it, you'll be out no time. What are these things? They're weaken me. - Polystyrofoam packing peanuts. - Styrofoam? This is a "green-eyed man" written all of it! Have you seen a man with a green eye? (..)
    2008 Bolt