Wingnut may refer to:
- A wingnut or wing nut, a nut (hardware), with a pair of wings to enable it to be turned without tools
- Wingnut (plant) (Pterocarya), a genus of trees bearing winged nuts
- Wingnut (politics), a derogatory American slang term for a person who holds strongly right-wing political beliefs, shortened from "right wing nut".
Media
- Wing Nuts: Battle in the Skies, a video game created by Rocket Science Games
- Wingnut (Care Bears), A character in the Care Bears franchise introduced in the movie Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! and persisted into the new TV series Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot
- Wingnut, a character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
- WingNut Films, New Zealand director Peter Jackson's film production company
- Wingnut Interactive, a video game developer also lead by Peter Jackson
Slang terms
- Wingnut, a term to describe a fan of the Detroit Red Wings
- Wingnut ear, a derogatory term for, or a person with, ears that stick out
- Wingnut (haircut), New Zealand slang for someone who had the "short-back and sides" haircut style of the 1940s and 50s
- Wingnut, military slang for members of the United States Air Force
- Wingnut, a term to describe a fan of the NBC television drama series The West Wing
- Wingnut, a person with a hobby-level of interest in the White House and its architecture, and/or the Presidency of the United States
- Wingnut, a name for an eccentric person.
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