nutcracker en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈnʌtˌkɹækɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From nut + cracker.
Meanings
- An implement for cracking nuts.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, ellipsis) An implement for cracking nuts. ▸ Ellipsis of nutcracker doll.
alt of nutcracker doll
- Any bird of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.
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(New-York-City, US) A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices.
The colorful bottles have popped up every summer in black and Hispanic communities — from the bodegas of Washington Heights to the stoops of Fort Greene — since the early 1990s. On beach boardwalks, at neighborhood basketball courts and block parties, New Yorkers are drinking nutcrackers, boozy homespun cocktails made from a blend of alcohol and fruit juices.
2019 August 17, Aaron Randle, “Banned on the Beach? It’s Still Nutcracker Summer”, in New York Times:
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(informal) Something that is difficult to figure out; a puzzle.
I hadn't been to school for a while so the math was a real nutcracker
1978, The Laboregister, volume 2, Michigan Department of Labor, page 177:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nutcrackers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nutcracker phenomenon · Clark's nutcracker · nutcracker syndrome · nutcracker doll · Christmas nutcracker · son of a nutcracker · Eurasian nutcracker · spotted nutcracker
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Translations (96)
ota فندق قیران (implement for cracking nuts) · hy ընկույզկոտրիչ (implement for cracking nuts) · fr casse-noix (implement for cracking nuts) · is notbrjótur (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · mk оревокршачка (implement for cracking nuts) · fr cassenoix (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · ru щелку́нчик (implement for cracking nuts) · it schiaccianoci (implement for cracking nuts) · fa فندقشکن (implement for cracking nuts) · cmn 癟嘴食管 /瘪嘴食管 (implement for cracking nuts) · it nocciolaia (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · bg орехотрошачка (implement for cracking nuts) · sk orešnica (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · hu fenyőszajkó (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · lt riešutinė (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · tt çikləwek watuçı (implement for cracking nuts) · ro spărgător de nuci (implement for cracking nuts) · szl nusknaker (implement for cracking nuts) · cmn 胡桃夾子 /胡桃夹子 (implement for cracking nuts) · es cascanueces (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · et mänsak (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · el καρυοθραύστης (implement for cracking nuts) · uz yongʻoq chaqadigan (implement for cracking nuts) · ar كَسَّارَة جَوْز (implement for cracking nuts) · bg орешарка (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · hi सरौता (implement for cracking nuts) · nrf craque-nouaix (implement for cracking nuts) · se niehttegarjá (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · te అడకత్తెర (implement for cracking nuts) · ja くるみ割り (implement for cracking nuts) · nv bitsiichįįshgahí (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · uk лускунчик (implement for cracking nuts) · gd cnòthair (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · io nucoruptilo (implement for cracking nuts) · sv nötkråka (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · id pemecah kacang (implement for cracking nuts) · eu intxaurkraskagailu (implement for cracking nuts) · nb nøtteknekker (implement for cracking nuts) · sh krcaljka (implement for cracking nuts) · pl dziadek do orzechów (implement for cracking nuts) · cmn 胡桃鉗 /胡桃钳 (implement for cracking nuts) · ms pemecah buah keras (implement for cracking nuts) · fr casse-noisettes (implement for cracking nuts) · es cascanueces (implement for cracking nuts) · id alat pemecah buah keras (implement for cracking nuts) · sh kreja (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · gu સૂડી (implement for cracking nuts) · lv riekstu knaibles (implement for cracking nuts) · ar كَسَّارَة بُنْدُق (implement for cracking nuts) · tr fındıkkıran (implement for cracking nuts) · nl notenkraker (implement for cracking nuts) · da nøddeknækker (implement for cracking nuts) · vi cái kẹp để kẹp trái de (implement for cracking nuts) · hu diótörő (implement for cracking nuts) · ca trencanous (implement for cracking nuts) · is hnetubrjótur (implement for cracking nuts) · nl notenkraker (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · hy պոպոքջարդիչ (implement for cracking nuts) · id kacip geluk (implement for cracking nuts) · ms kacip (implement for cracking nuts) · af notenkraker (implement for cracking nuts) · cy gefel gnau (implement for cracking nuts) · be шчаўку́нчык (implement for cracking nuts) · sk luskáčik (implement for cracking nuts) · fi pähkinähakki (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · tg фундуқшикан (implement for cracking nuts) · ru щипцы́ для оре́хов (implement for cracking nuts) · tl pandurog ng nuwes (implement for cracking nuts) · da nøddekrige (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · sv nötknäppare (implement for cracking nuts) · cs ořešník (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · pl orzechówka (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · ru оре́ховка (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · sl krekovt (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · cs louskáček (implement for cracking nuts) · fi pähkinänsärkijä (implement for cracking nuts) · ru кедро́вка (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · ko 호두까기 (implement for cracking nuts) · ko 잣까마귀 (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · fo nøtubrótari (implement for cracking nuts) · ga cnóire (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · pt quebra-nozes (implement for cracking nuts) · de Tannenhäher (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · ka მაკნატუნა (implement for cracking nuts) · ca trencanous (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · sh krckalica (implement for cracking nuts) · mk лешникарка (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · pt quebra-nozes (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · sh krcalica (implement for cracking nuts) · sq arrëthyese (implement for cracking nuts) · lv riekstrozis (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · ro alunar (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · az fındıqqıran (implement for cracking nuts) · de Nussknacker (implement for cracking nuts) · cy malwr cnau (bird of the genus Nucifraga) · uk горіхівка (bird of the genus Nucifraga)