peanut

Etymology

From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).

noun

  1. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.
  2. (US) A very small clam.
  3. See peanuts (“very small amount”).

verb

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

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