1) a shortened explanation which substitutes a lengthier one.
2) (a more recent definition) stuck, cornered, unable to figuratively move
2) (a more recent definition) stuck, cornered, unable to figuratively move
1) In a nutshell, James Buchanan was a horrible president and was a complete pussy.
2)Damnit, I don't know what to do; I'm in a nutshell!
2)Damnit, I don't know what to do; I'm in a nutshell!
by sayWHUTTE September 20, 2006
by craiglloyd March 5, 2013
A phrase meaning, without pretense or long explanations. Used commonly when you can't be bothered making an in-depth explanation.
by KinGAleX April 4, 2005
Typically used when condensing a movie, video-game, or book
A shortened and slightly twisted version told by someone who watched, played, or read, that subject.
A shortened and slightly twisted version told by someone who watched, played, or read, that subject.
"Harry potter in a nutshell:
There was a boy named Harry and he wasn't killed by this weird sorcerer so he became a hero and attended Hogwarts, a school, and then killed the weird sorcerer."
There was a boy named Harry and he wasn't killed by this weird sorcerer so he became a hero and attended Hogwarts, a school, and then killed the weird sorcerer."
by Qyx May 11, 2023
One of the best songs written by Alice in Chains, but also the saddest. One of Layne Staley's many lyrical masterpieces.
And yet I find
And yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I can't be my own
I'd feel better dead
-The last 5 lines of Nutshell
And yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I can't be my own
I'd feel better dead
-The last 5 lines of Nutshell
by J. Arnier September 29, 2007
1. The feeling that you fucked a girl too fast or not enough and that you didn't get optimum pleasure out of the sex
2. Not sexing enough to achieve pleasure or being prevented from having sex
3. A condition in which someone feels that the amount that they fucked someone is not enough and that they feel they always need more sex
2. Not sexing enough to achieve pleasure or being prevented from having sex
3. A condition in which someone feels that the amount that they fucked someone is not enough and that they feel they always need more sex
by Harry Toba February 3, 2014
To summarize a concept, story, or really anything that takes more than a couple of sentences into a simplified and easily understandable statement that can accurately communicate the message of the concept being summarized.
Verb form of the phrase "to put it in a nutshell"
Verb form of the phrase "to put it in a nutshell"
I had only five minutes to review for the exam with my friend who missed the last class so I nutshelled the material.
by 1939Supes April 25, 2013