English Explanatory Dictionary

nutcracker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An implement for cracking nuts.
  2. Ellipsis of nutcracker doll.
  3. Any bird of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.
  4. A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices.
  5. Something that is difficult to figure out; a puzzle.

Pronunciation

/ˈnʌtˌkɹækɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-nutcracker.wav

Word forms

nutcracker nutcrackers

Etymology

From nut + cracker.

Synonyms

head-scratcher

Related words

crack open nutpick

Derived words

Christmas nutcracker Clark's nutcracker spotted nutcracker Eurasian nutcracker nutcracker doll nutcracker phenomenon nutcracker syndrome son of a nutcracker

Translations

Afrikaans: notenkraker Albanian: arrëthyese Arabic: كَسَّارَة جَوْز Arabic: كَسَّارَة بُنْدُق Armenian: ընկույզկոտրիչ Armenian: պոպոքջարդիչ Azerbaijani: fındıqqıran Basque: intxaurkraskagailu Belarusian: шчаўку́нчык Bulgarian: орехотрошачка Catalan: trencanous Chinese Mandarin: 癟嘴食管 /瘪嘴食管 Chinese Mandarin: 胡桃夾子 /胡桃夹子 Chinese Mandarin: 胡桃鉗 /胡桃钳 Czech: louskáček Danish: nøddeknækker Dutch: notenkraker Faroese: nøtubrótari Finnish: pähkinänsärkijä French: casse-noix French: casse-noisettes Georgian: მაკნატუნა German: Nussknacker Greek: καρυοθραύστης Gujarati: સૂડી Hindi: सरौता Hungarian: diótörő Icelandic: hnetubrjótur Ido: nucoruptilo Indonesian: alat pemecah buah keras Indonesian: pemecah kacang Indonesian: kacip geluk Italian: schiaccianoci Japanese: くるみ割り Korean: 호두까기 Latvian: riekstu knaibles Macedonian: оревокршачка Malay: pemecah buah keras Malay: kacip Norman: craque-nouaix Norwegian Bokmål: nøtteknekker Persian: فندقشکن Polish: dziadek do orzechów Portuguese: quebra-nozes Romanian: spărgător de nuci Russian: щипцы́ для оре́хов Russian: щелку́нчик Serbo-Croatian: krcaljka Serbo-Croatian: krckalica Serbo-Croatian: krcalica Silesian: nusknaker
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