Kook (3 letters)

{ Answer }

NUT

{ Related Clues }

Buff
Chinquapin
Crackpot
Crank
Enthusiast
Fanatic
Fiend
Filbert
Flake
Fruitcake
Hound
Loon
Macadamia, for one
Screwball
Weirdo
Zany
Big fan
Bolt's partner
Brazil, e.g.
Cashew, e.g.
Cuckoo bird
Enthusiast: Slang
Granola morsel
Hickory, e.g.
Kola, e.g.
Loony tune
Macadamia or Brazil
Macadamia or kola
Pecan or cashew
Tree of rhyme
Wack job
Wrench's target
Bit in trail mix
Wing or acorn, e.g.
It fits under a head

{ Tags }

acorn, brazil, buff, cashew, crackpot, eg, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, filbert, fruitcake, hazel, kook, loony, macadamia, nut, pecan, screwball, weirdo, zany

{ Notes }

The answer NUT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.

{ Definition }

NUT as a noun:

1. usually large hard-shelled seed

2. Egyptian goddess of the sky

3. a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt

4. (en, nut) = half the width of an em

5. (crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball) = a whimsically eccentric person

6. (addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky) = someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"

7. (testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg) = one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"

NUT as a verb:

1. gather nuts