thumbnut

Questions about thumbnut

What does thumbnut mean?

thumbnut means "a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning".

How many syllables are in thumbnut?

thumbnut has 2 syllables and divides as thumb-nut under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for thumbnut?

Close synonyms include wing nut, wing-nut, wing screw, butterfly nut. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thumbnut a common word?

thumbnut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.