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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Wing Nut; Wing nut; Wingnut (disambiguation); Wingnuts; Wing-nut

wing nut         
¦ noun
1. a nut with a pair of projections for the fingers to turn it on a screw.
2. an Asian tree that produces characteristic broad-winged nutlets. [Genus Pterocarya.]
butterfly nut         
  • Bicycle wingnuts
  • Three wingnuts and wingbolts supporting a drum
TYPE OF FASTENER
Butterfly nut; Wingbolt
¦ noun another term for wing nut.
Acorn nut         
HARDWARE NUT
Cap nut; Dome nut
An acorn nut, also referred to as crown hex nut, blind nut, cap nut, domed cap nut, or dome nut (UK), is a nut that has a domed end on one side. When used together with a threaded fastener with an external male thread, the domed end encloses the external thread, either to protect the thread or to protect nearby objects from contact with the thread.

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Wingnut
Examples of use of wing nut
1. Normally the wing–nut candidate alienates the center.
2. Considering Greenspan‘s present canonization, it‘s worth recalling that after his nomination by President Ronald Reagan, some critics ridiculed him as a right–wing nut and "gold bug." Well, that‘s an apt commentary on the reliability of partisan political stereotypes.
3. One wing nut, calling himself Othkarwise, admitted yesterday to feeling tearful as he wrote the following internet chatroom posting: Where do I look now to keep pretending there is a government somewhere that actually cares about governing for the people?
4. Schmidt‘s goal the first week was no different from Neas‘s: to quickly define the nominee before Neas and his allies succeeded in painting Alito as a right–wing nut.
5. It‘s not some wing nut in a human rights group out to get the military." Military experts and human rights advocates said Garlasco‘s background is a mixed blessing: He can communicate well with both sides, yet he is simultaneously suspect at the Pentagon and in human rights circles.