nutting

NUT-ing/ˈnʌtɪŋ/

4 meanings of nutting

1
verb
Present participle of nut. Use this when the action is happening now or as an activity.
The children went nutting in the woods last fall.
She spent the whole morning nutting along the hedgerows.
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2
nounrareuncountable
A trip into the woods to collect nuts from trees and bushes.
Like going out to pick apples, but for nuts instead.
Every fall the family went nutting in the oak woods near their home.
The younger people had their berrying frolics, sleigh-rides, kitchen dances, nuttings, and the like, and their elders their huskings, apple bees, and sewing societies, but against all these the deacon set his hard face.
1880, Henry Mills Alden, “Mrs. Flint's Married Experience”Here, nuttings means trips into the woods to gather nuts.
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3
nounslangAustraliaNew Zealanduncountable
Hard thinking, or working hard to solve a tricky problem.
Like really straining your brain to remember where you left your keys.
A bit of nutting over the crossword kept him busy all evening.
After hours of nutting, she finally figured out the answer.
Similarpondering, puzzling
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Less common meaning

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nounrareuncountable
The act of getting on someone's good side, or making yourself lower than them.
Like a cat rubbing against your legs to get a treat.
His constant nutting to the boss annoyed his coworkers.
All that nutting to the powerful finally won her a place at court.
Similartoadying, fawning, groveling
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nutting is a form of nut

nut, verb: To reach a sexual climax, or come. Full entry

Forms: nutnuts he/she/itnutting -ing formnutted past tense, past participle
Spelling: nut → nutting: double the t, add -ing

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