Definition of "peanut" in Englisch

noun

1. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

   • He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.

2. (US) Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).

3. (in the plural) See peanuts (“very small amount”).

verb

1. (transitive) To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.