American English pronunciation

How to pronounce peanuts

IPA transcription: ['pinəts]

Pronunciation variants: ['pinəts]['pi,nʌts]

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Noun

  • an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount

    “her salary is peanuts compared to his”

  • underground pod of the peanut vine

  • widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground

  • a young child who is small for his age

  • pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms