Green’s Dictionary of Slang

nut n.3

[ext. use of nuts n.2 (1)]

1. (orig. US) an orgasm.

implied in bust a nut
[US]N.C. Heard To Reach a Dream 42: He never failed to bounce back after getting a good nut [...] when he could shoot his problems and fears into the depths of a woman’s body.
[US]N. Heard House of Slammers 55: She [...] grimaced in the lustful, delightful anguish of a big nut.
[US](con. 1970s) G. Pelecanos King Suckerman (1998) 226: Could be the last nut he got for a long time.
[US]G. Pelecanos Way Home (2009) 83: Not as good as gettin a nut.
Young M.A. ‘Karma Krys’ 🎵 Fucking these bitches ain't helping my pain mentally / Only physically / Cause I don’t love em I don’t give a fuck about em / They only good for a nut.
[US]J. Hannaham Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit 18: If she shook the tree, Carlotta knew she’d get a real nut.

2. (orig. US) the vagina.

[UK]A. Sillitoe Start in Life (1979) 231: I wanted to see her alone, and make loose so that I got through to her warm sweet nut and full white breasts.

3. (orig. US) in fig. and non-sexual use, a sense of pleasure.

[US]N. Heard House of Slammers 235: Watch that chump [...] He’s gonna git a nut callin’ them back to line up.
[US](con. 1967) E. Spencer Welcome to Vietnam (1989) 74: Some of the shit I really get into can almost give me a nut sometimes.

4. (orig. US) sexual intercourse.

[US](con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 90: Why doesn’t he just do what he wants to do, get a deep nut with this bitch, hit it and split it and kick her the fuck on out of their ride?

5. (US) semen.

Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 nut [...] n 1. semen.
[US]P. Beatty Tuff 35: Nut on my haircut, like I been butt-fucked.
[US]Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 nut Definition: [...] 2. semen [...] Example: Damn Bitch! Wipe that nut off your face!
Ludacris ‘Fatty Girl’ 🎵 More nuts on your face than graffiti on the wall.

In compounds

In phrases

bust a nut (v.) (also ...one’s nut)(orig. US)

1. (also buss) to reach orgasm; thus nut-busting, reaching orgasm.

‘R. Hallas’ You Play the Black 74: Genter was so excited he like to bust a nut.
[US]B. Jackson Get Your Ass in the Water (1974) 103: Make me hot when a sucker get up on top a me and don’t make me bust my nut.
[US]J. Sayles Union Dues (1978) 189: When she was [...] putting out for free she used to bust her nut all the time.
[US]Snoop Doggy Dogg ‘Gin and Juice’ 🎵 Cause when I bust my nut, I’m raisin up off the cot.
[Aus](con. 1964-65) B. Thorpe Sex and Thugs and Rock ’n’ Roll 233: ‘Easy, darl [...] You might bust a nut’.
[US]W. Ellis Crooked Little Vein 234: I’ll bet he’s already bust a nut once and is still digging away.
[US]Simon & Burns ‘Get Some’ Generation Kill ep. 1 [TV script] the nut-busting hadji is the happy hadji.
[US]J. Díaz This Is How You Lose Her 189: Bust a nut in her mouth, your boy Darnell seconds.
[Aus]me-stepmums-too-fuckin-hot-mate at www.fakku.net 🌐 Uah! Aah! G-gonna bust a nut!
[US]S.A. Crosby Razorblade Tears 82: Dome was five seconds away from busting a nut in the mouth of the brunette.
[UK]Digga D. ‘Hold It Down’ 🎵 Only moan I wanna hear is when I’m makin’ you buss.

2. (also bust one’s nuts) to work hard, to strain oneself (cf. break one’s balls under balls n.).

[US]J. James ‘Sweet Patuni’ in Oliver Screening the Blues (1968) 224: Now I got a job, was paid to learn how to truck, / The boss tol’ me this mornin’ I like to busted one of my – / Nut-house is for crazy folks.
[US]N. Mailer Why Are We in Vietnam? 17: ‘You owe me eleven hundred and fifty.’ ‘You’ll have to bust a nut to get it.’.
[US]T. Thackrey Thief 147: There was I, busting a nut trying to do right.
Take One 19/3: I busted my nuts for two days, virtually editing a rough of my film on Mance Lipscomb.
T. Macmillan Disappearing Acts 181: For five days I busted my nuts, tearing down an old hospital.
Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 bust a nut v 1. to work hard. (‘I busted a nut on that project.’).
G. Carlin Brain Droppings n.p.: I busted my nuts for twenty years tryin’ to save enough money to put you through college.
G. Ramsay Roasting in Hell’s Kitchen 228: I [...] bust my nuts driving.

3. to have sexual intercourse.

[UK]J. Colebrook Cross of Lassitude 236: Ain’t no need for your coming over this way again [...] not going to beat your nuts here.
get a nut (v.) (also get off the nut, get nut, get one’s nuts)

1. to have an orgasm, to have sex (cf. get one’s nuts off under nuts n.2 ).

[US]Goldin et al. DAUL 79/1: Get off the nut. 1. To satisfy sexual desire.
[US]C. Bukowski Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1973) 20: I couldn’t move. I couldn’t even get my nuts.
[US]N. Heard Howard Street 16: What’s the difference, man [...] You got a nut didn’t you?
[US]R. Price Ladies’ Man (1985) 55: Finally, after six years of door to door, I was getting some nut.
[US]Eble Campus Sl. Spring 3: get a nut – have sex.
[US](con. 1970s) in G. Pelecanos King Suckerman (1998) 128: It only takes a minute, girl / To get a nut.
[US]Gaymart.com Queer Sl. in the Gay 90s 🌐 Get Nut – To have sex; to orgasm; to ejaculate.
[US]Hip-Hop Connection Jan. 90: It ain’t about luv. It’s fo’ power or just to get a nutt.
[US](con. 1990s) in J. Miller One of the Guys 139: So after he, the one got his nut off, the one spread her legs and started doin’ it’.
[UK]B. Hare Urban Grimshaw 145: Proper little orgy. Even Frank got his nuts.
[US]D.R. Pollock Devil All the Time 191: As soon as they got a nut, they were done with her.
[Aus]D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 10: Smith was looking to get his nut, but that wasn’t all.
[US]T. Pluck Boy from County Hell 123: ‘I can’t get a nut off on a child like that. I like big ol’ seventies bush and blondes with big titties!’.

2. in fig. use, to experience a catharsis.

[US]Goldin et al. DAUL 79/1: Get off the nut. 1. [...]to achieve any emotional release.
[US]C. Bukowski Erections, Ejaculations etc. 127: Hyans is used to jams. He thrives on them. He gets his nuts.
pop a nut (v.)

1. (also pop one’s nut) to reach orgasm; thus by ext. to feel happy, satisfied (cf. pop one’s nuts under nuts n.2 ).

[US]Goldin et al. DAUL 162/1: Pop a nut. To feel extremely gratified or delighted; to find sexual gratification.
[US]L. Heinemann Close Quarters (1987) 260: The dude popped his nut and climbed off.

2. (also pop someone’s nut) to bring someone to orgasm.

[US]R. Price Ladies’ Man (1985) 252: I wanted to go back and have someone pop my nut.
[US]S. Morgan Homeboy 136: A pro like her never popped a nut until she’d popped the swag.