wingnut
/ˈwɪŋˌnʌt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who is or seems odd, eccentric, or crazy; especially, someone with bizarre or extreme political views.
Derogatory; Informal
noun
Alternative form of wing nut (“(mechanical) nut with wing-like projections”).
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: nut, nut job, nut case, crank, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person, Thesaurus:mad person"
- "We are witnessing a wingnut war break out in American politics, organized on the Internet and fought out in airwaves and in town halls, wingnuts firing their shots from the outer reaches and strafing the common sense center."
- "He was elected, wingnut raised and corn fed / Teabags dragging on the chamber floor / He did what he had to do to get southern boys to vote for you / To grease the wheels to get you in the door"
- "On November 21, evangelist Franklin Graham (son of the late Rev. Billy Graham and a strident Trump supporter) discussed impeachment when he appeared on fellow wingnut Eric Metaxas’ radio show."
- "Arab oil tyrants and the Bee Gees were all making out like bandits, and a bunch of very well-funded cranks and wingnuts were about to fall backasswards into a pot of gold."