# nutting

Pronunciation: say "NUT-ing" /ˈnʌtɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of nut. — present participle and gerund of nut
   - Simple: Present participle of nut. Use this when the action is happening now or as an activity.
   - _They were nutting near the riverbank when the rain started._
   - _Nutting on autumn afternoons was a favorite pastime in the village._

## Noun

3. The act of thinking very hard or puzzling over something difficult. *(slang, Australia, New Zealand)*
   - Simple: Hard thinking, or working hard to solve a tricky problem.
   - _It took a long stretch of nutting before the engineer saw the flaw in the design._
   - _All that nutting over the riddle gave her a headache._

## Noun

2. A trip or outing made to gather nuts from the woods. *(rare)*
   - Simple: A trip into the woods to collect nuts from trees and bushes.
   - _The villagers planned a day of nutting for the first cool morning of fall._
   - _After the harvest, the children begged their grandmother to take them nutting._
4. The act of gaining favor with someone, or submitting oneself to another. *(rare)*
   - Simple: The act of getting on someone's good side, or making yourself lower than them.
   - _Years of nutting to the nobles earned the clerk a comfortable position._
   - _She refused the endless nutting that climbing the ranks seemed to demand._

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