peanut

¹pea·nut

noun \ˈpē-(ˌ)nət\

Definition of PEANUT

1

: a low-branching widely cultivated annual herb (Arachis hypogaea) of the legume family with showy yellow flowers having a peduncle which elongates and bends into the soil where the ovary ripens into a pod containing one to three oily edible seeds; also : its seed or seed-containing pod

2

: an insignificant or tiny person

3

plural : a trifling amount

4

: a pellet usually made of polystyrene foam that is used especially as packing material

Examples of PEANUT

1. Five billion dollars is peanuts compared to what the government spends each year.
2. He works all day for peanuts.

First Known Use of PEANUT

1802

Rhymes with PEANUT

abut, all but, beechnut, blind gut, brush cut, buzz cut, catgut, chestnut, clean-cut, clear-cut, cobnut, cockshut, crew cut, crosscut, doughnut, foregut, groundnut, haircut, jump cut, kick butt, locknut, Meerut, midgut, offcut, pignut, pine nut, putt-putt, rebut, recut, rotgut, rough cut, sackbut, shortcut, somewhat, tut-tut, uncut, walnut, wing nut, woodcut