nuts

[ nuhts ]

interjection

1. Also nertz. (used to express disgust, defiance, disapproval, despair.)

adjective

1. insane; crazy.

nuts

/ nʌts /

adjective

1. See insane
   a slang word for insane
2. slang.
   foll byabout or on extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about)

interjection

1. slang.
   an expression of disappointment, contempt, refusal, or defiance

plural noun

1. See testicle
   a slang word for testicles See testicle

Word History and Origins

Origin of nuts¹

First recorded in 1900–05; plural of nut

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. be nuts about,
   1. to be extremely or excessively enthusiastic about; be fervent in one's admiration of:

      Both of them are nuts about chamber music.

   2. to be deeply in love with:

      He's nuts about his new girlfriend.

Example Sentences

Everyone I know in academia is a little bit nuts, so it’s a perfect breeding ground for drama and comedy.

From Essence.com

While his colleagues called him nuts, Flynt hired a militia’s worth of lawyers and lobbyists.

From The Daily Beast

The news came as hospitalizations within the region spiked, again, and across the country news was going nuts about increased cases, hospitalizations and the data about how even vaccinated people are spreading the SARS-Cov-2 virus.

From Voice of San Diego

I feel like an idiot, but I do it because the whining drives me nuts.

From Washington Post

It’s so good, so self-consciously nuts, that you could probably just stop watching there and be perfectly satisfied.

From Time

His detail seeking in our meetings is compulsive and a little nuts.

From The Daily Beast

In another case, a whole plate of uneaten food (including nuts, hummus and raisins) was pureed and inserted rectally.

From The Daily Beast

If you tend to inhale your food without realizing how much you consumed, opt for nibbles like in-shell pistachio nuts.

From The Daily Beast

Because this food source could abruptly disappear at any time, cutworm moths cannot be counted on to replace pine nuts.

From The Daily Beast

Meat, especially outside the park, is a nutritious but deadly alternative to pine nuts.

From The Daily Beast

The nuts are cut into thin slices and wrapped in the leaves of a singular plant called buyo.

From Project Gutenberg

The two animal friends soon came to where some of the acorn nuts had fallen off a tree, and they ate as many as they wanted.

From Project Gutenberg

The savages also cultivated ground-nuts, of several varieties; among them,299 Arachis hypoga and Apios tuberosa.

From Project Gutenberg

The treasure consisted in this case of a quantity of bent and rusty nails of all sizes, and a few screws and nuts.

From Project Gutenberg

Once a big hog came up and tried to eat the nuts out of a basket.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• batty
• insane
• mad
• nutty