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twerka [twir.ka.] : nut (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: tuerca: nut ]
Synonyms: tuwerka

Derivatives of twerka


Glosses:
nut
n. (plant)1. nutusually large hard-shelled seed.
~ edible nuta hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
~ cedar nut, cembra nutthe seed of the Swiss pine.
~ cola nut, kola nutbitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract.
~ mastnuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground.
~ palm kernel, palm nutseed of any oil palm.
~ seeda small hard fruit.
~ nutleta small nut.
n. (person)2. nutEgyptian goddess of the sky.
~ egyptian deitya deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians.
n. (artifact)3. nuta small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt.
~ blocka solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides).; "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"
~ hex nuta nut with a hexagonal shape.
~ locknut, safety nutsupplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening.
~ nut and bolta fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt.
~ square nutnut with a square shape.
~ packing nut, stuffing nuta nut used to tighten a stuffing box.
~ butterfly nut, thumbnut, wing screw, wing-nut, wing nuta threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning.
n. (quantity)4. en, nuthalf the width of an em.
~ linear measure, linear unita unit of measurement of length.
~ pica em, em, picaa linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
n. (person)5. crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwballa whimsically eccentric person.
~ eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, flake, geeka person with an unusual or odd personality.
n. (person)6. addict, freak, junkie, junky, nutsomeone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction.; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"
~ enthusiast, partizan, partisanan ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity.
~ gym ratsomeone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa.
n. (body)7. ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testisone of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens.; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
~ arteria testicularis, internal spermatic artery, testicular arterya branch of the aorta supplying the testicles.
~ testicular vein, vena testicularisa vein from the testicles.
~ male reproductive systemthe reproductive system of males.
~ family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitalsexternal male sex organs.
~ seminiferous tubuleany of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature.
~ gonad, sex glanda gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
~ cobblersa man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball).
~ male reproductive glandthe reproductive organs of a man.
~ undescended testicle, undescended testisa testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops.; "undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer"
~ epididymisa convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens.
~ rete testisnetwork of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia.
~ ductus deferens, vas deferensa duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct.
~ spermatic corda structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves.
v. (contact)8. nutgather nuts.
~ gather, pull together, collect, garnerassemble or get together.; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"