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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

  • (..) I got a couple presidential decrees to make! Not Sure, get your ass up here, wherever you is. Let me get that little peanut head up here. Yo. Yo. I have decided... to make this man... the man who solved all our problems... (..)
    2006 Idiocracy
  • (..) - Hey, hey, hey, yo... - So you smart, huh? - No, no. I thought your head would be bigger. Goddamn. It look like a peanut. Let's get you sworn in. Shut up. Shut up. Sit your monkey ass down. Chill out. Shit. (..)
    2006 Idiocracy