Nut often refers to: * Nut (fruit), fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, or a collective noun for dry and edible fruits or seeds *

Nut (hardware) A nut is a type of fastener with a threaded hole. Nuts are almost always used in conjunction with a mating bolt to fasten multiple parts together. The two partners are kept together by a combination of their threads' friction (with slight ela ...

, fastener used with a bolt Nut or Nuts may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics

* ''Nuts'', comic in the National Lampoon by Gahan Wilson (1970s) * ''Nuts'', comic strip in alternative newspapers by

M. Wartella Michael M. Wartella (born August 19, 1976) is an American underground cartoonist, animator, writer and director based in New York City, generally publishing under the name M. Wartella or just Wartella. He is best known for his work in ''The Vill ...

(1990s)

Fictional characters

* Nut (Marvel Comics), fictional character evoking the Egyptian sky goddess * Nut (movie character), character portrayed by Shing Fui-On in two late 20th-century Hong Kong crime films

Films

* ''Nuts'' (1987 film), American drama * ''Nuts'' (2012 film), French comedy * ''Nuts!'' (film), animated documentary on John R. Brinkley

Television

John Acorn John Acorn is a Canadian naturalist. He is a lecturer at the University of Alberta, a research associate at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, and a research associate at the E.H. Strickland Entomology Museum. He is also a local Edmonto ...

, the "nature nut" in series ''Acorn, The Nature Nut'' * NBC Universal Television Studio, or NUTS, former name of television arm of NBCUniversal / Universal Television *

Nuts TV Nuts TV was a British television channel related to '' Nuts'' magazine. Nuts TV began broadcasting on Freeview channel 42 on 12 September 2007, and launched on Sky Digital on 21 January 2008. A 1-hour timeshift channel, Nuts TV +1 launched on ...

, British television channel related to ''Nuts'' magazine

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Nut'', album by KT Tunstall * ''Nuts'' (album), by Kevin Gilbert * ''Nuts'' (magazine), UK men's weekly * ''Nuts'' (play), 1979 play by Tom Topor * "Nuts", song by

Brooke Candy Brooke Dyan Candy (born July 20, 1989) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and tattoo artist. Raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, daughter of Tom Candy, former CFO of ''Hustler Magazine'', Brooke rose to prominence after starring in Gr ...

and

Lil Aaron Aaron Jennings Puckett, better known by his stage name Lil Aaron (stylized as lil aaron), is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Goshen, Indiana. Merging elements of pop punk and emo with hip hop and pop, he has released five solo E ...

Health

* NUT carcinoma, rare, very aggressive cancer

Institutions and organisations

* National Union of Teachers or NUT, former British trade union for school teachers * Norwegian University of Science and Technology or NUT * NUT (studio), anime studio

Instruments and mechanical tools

* Nut (climbing), metal device for wedging in rock crevices * Nut, moving element of a ball screw * Nut (string instrument), device supporting and stabilizing strings near the headstock of a violin or guitar

Science and technology

306367 Nut 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...

, Apollo asteroid (1960) * Network UPS Tools or NUTS * No U-Turn Sampler or NUTS, algorithm * Nuclear utilization target selection or NUTS, theory regarding nuclear weaponry * NUT Container, FFmpeg format

Slang

* An insane person * Nut hand or "the nuts", poker term for an unbeatable hand * "Nuts", human testicles * "Nut", term that can either refer to

semen Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is an organic bodily fluid created to contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads (sexual glands) and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize the female ovum. Sem ...

ejaculation Ejaculation is the discharge of semen (the ''ejaculate''; normally containing sperm) from the male reproductory tract as a result of an orgasm. It is the final stage and natural objective of male sexual stimulation, and an essential compo ...

Other uses

Nut (goddess) Nut ( egy, Nwt, cop, Ⲛⲉ), also known by various other transcriptions, is the goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the universe in the ancient Egyptian religion. She was seen as a star-covered nude woman arching over ...

, the Egyptian goddess of the sky * Nut, the En dash in typography * Modesto Nuts, minor league baseball team in Modesto, California, USA *

No U-turn syndrome No U-Turn Syndrome (NUTS) is a term first coined by Singaporean entrepreneur Sim Wong Hoo to prominently describe the social behaviour of Singaporeans having a mindset of compliance to higher authorities before proceeding with any action. He mak ...

or NUTS, term describing Singaporean culture * NUT Motorcycles, Newcastle-upon-Tyne motorcycle manufacturer * "Nuts!", U.S. Army General

Anthony McAuliffe Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe (July 2, 1898 – August 10, 1975) was a senior United States Army officer who earned fame as the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in Wo ...

's refusal-to-surrender message during the World War II German siege of Bastogne * NUTS, European Union system of multiple layers of geographical divisions known as Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics * Nutty slack, cheap fuel consisting of slack ( coal dust) and small lumps of coal (nuts) (British English) * The Nut (Tasmania), volcanic plug near the town of Stanley, Australia