nutting

Definitions

1. 1

   present participle and gerund of nut

2. 2

   An outing to gather nuts.

   • The younger people had their berrying frolics, sleigh-rides, kitchen dances, nuttings, and the like, and their elders their huskings, apple bees, and sewing societies, but against all these the deacon set his hard face.
3. 3

   Gaining favor or subjugating oneself.

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   1. 4

      Thinking very hard or puzzling over something.

      • After the party had wound up, I did a bit of hard nutting over my plans for trotting.
   2. 5

      A surname.

The neighborhood

• neighbornutting truck