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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

  • (..) no bigger than you. And on the day you were born... Well, that was the day I finally caught him. Now, I'd tried everything on it: Worms, lures, peanut butter, peanut butter and cheese. But on that day I had a revelation: If that fish was Henry Walls' ghost, then the usual bait wasn't gonna work. (..)
    2003 Big Fish