acorn UK /ˈeɪ.kɔːn/US /ˈeɪ.kɔɹn/ noun4 •The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. •[usually plural] (slang) A testicle. •(informal) The glans penis.The Romans, likewise, represented the uncouth Priapus—the god of rustic fertility and sexual assault—as comically well endowed, with his acorn showing. — 2021 •A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. formsacorns