nutcracker

See also: Nutcracker

English

Nutcracker

Clark's nutcracker, a species of genus Nucifraga

A nutcracker-style bottled cocktail

Etymology

nut +‎ cracker

Noun

nutcracker (plural nutcrackers)

An implement for cracking nuts.
(ornithology) Either of two birds of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.
(US, New York City) A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices.
- 2019 August 17, Aaron Randle, “Banned on the Beach? It’s Still Nutcracker Summer”, in New York Times‎:
  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.
(informal) Something difficult to figure out; a puzzle
- 1978, The Laboregister, volume 2, Michigan Department of Labor, page 177:
  I hadn't been to school for a while so the math was a real nutcracker

Derived terms

Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
spotted nutcracker, Eurasian nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)

Translations

implement for cracking nuts

Afrikaans: notenkraker
Albanian: arrëthyese (sq)
Armenian: ընկույզկոտրիչ (hy) (ənkuyzkotričʿ), պոպոքջարդիչ (popokʿǰardičʿ) (colloquial)
Azerbaijani: fındıqqıran
Basque: intxaurkraskagailu
Belarusian: шчаўку́нчык n (ščaŭkúnčyk)
Bulgarian: орехотрошачка f (orehotrošačka)
Catalan: trencanous m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 瘪嘴食管 (biě zuǐ shí guǎn), 胡桃夹子 (hútáo jiázi), 胡桃钳 (hútáo qián)
Czech: louskáček (cs) m
Danish: nøddeknækker (da) c
Dutch: notenkraker (nl) m
Faroese: nøtubrótari m
Finnish: pähkinänsärkijä (fi)
French: casse-noix (fr) m, casse-noisettes (fr) m
Georgian: მაკნატუნა (maḳnaṭuna)
German: Nussknacker (de) m
Greek: καρυοθραύστης (el) m (karyothráfstis)
Gujarati: સૂડી (sūḍī)
Hindi: सरौता (hi) (sarautā)
Hungarian: diótörő (hu)
Icelandic: hnetubrjótur (is) m
Ido: nucoruptilo (io)
Indonesian: alat pemecah buah keras
Italian: schiaccianoci (it) m
Japanese: くるみ割り (kurumiwari)
Korean: 호두까기 (hodukkagi)
Latvian: riekstu knaibles f pl
Macedonian: оревокршачка f (orevokršačka)
Malay: pemecah buah keras, kacip
Norman: craque-nouaix m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nøtteknekker m
Persian: فندق‌شکن‎
Polish: dziadek do orzechów (pl) m
Portuguese: quebra-nozes
Romanian: spărgător de nuci m
Russian: щипцы́ для оре́хов m pl (ščipcý dlja oréxov)
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: krcaljka (sh), krckalica (sh), krcalica
Slovak: luskáčik m
Spanish: cascanueces (es) m
Swedish: nötknäppare (sv) c or c pl
Tagalog: pandurog ng nuwes
Tatar: çikləwek watuçı
Telugu: అడకత్తెర (te) (aḍakattera)
Turkish: fındıkkıran (tr)
Ukrainian: лускунчик (luskunčyk)
Uzbek: yong'oq chaqadigan
Vietnamese: cái kẹp để kẹp trái de
Welsh: gefail gnau f

bird of the genus Nucifraga

Bulgarian: орешарка (bg) f (orešarka)
Catalan: trencanous m
Czech: ořešník (cs) m
Danish: nøddekrige
Dutch: notenkraker (nl) m
Estonian: mänsak sg
Finnish: pähkinähakki (fi)
French: casse-noix (fr)
German: Tannenhäher (de) m
Hungarian: fenyőszajkó (hu) sg
Icelandic: notbrjótur
Irish: cnóire
Italian: nocciolaia (it)
Korean: 잣까마귀 (jatkkamagwi)
Latvian: riekstrozis m
Lithuanian: riešutinė
Macedonian: лешникарка f (lešnikarka)
Navajo: bitsiichįįshgahí
Northern Sami: niehttegarjá
Polish: orzechówka (pl) f
Portuguese: quebra-nozes
Romanian: alunar (ro) m
Russian: кедро́вка (ru) f (kedróvka), оре́ховка (ru) f (oréxovka)
Scottish Gaelic: cnòthair
Serbo-Croatian: kreja (sh) f
Slovak: orešnica f
Slovene: krekovt
Spanish: cascanueces (es)
Swedish: nötkråka (sv)
Ukrainian: горіхівка (horixivka)