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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

  • (..) Do you believe what they can do? Nice, huh? Come here. Did you and Jimmy talk? He is looking into everything. It will make the Air France hold look like peanuts. Come on. - He will do it, right? - I told you. He is looking into it. We will see what happens. No promises. (..)
    1990 Goodfellas
  • (..) No problem. Tell him to put it on my tab. That is what I want to talk to you about. It isn't just this one. It is seven big ones you owe me. $, that isn't peanuts. I don't mean to be out of order... It is good you don't like to be out of order, Sonny. Embarrassing me in front (..)
    1990 Goodfellas