nuts

American  

[nuhts] / nʌts /

interjection

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

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adjective

1. insane; crazy.

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.

nuts British  

/ nʌts /

adjective

1. a slang word for insane

2. slang extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about)

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interjection

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

plural noun

1. a slang word for testicles See testicle

Etymology

Origin of nuts

First recorded in 1900–05; plural of nut

Example Sentences

"I love Grape Nuts!" my friend Matt told me later that day.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2023

In separate posts, the Lincoln Project responded "Nuts!" and said in a statement here, "The billboards will stay up."

From Reuters • Oct. 24, 2020

The new documentary Nuts! charts Brinkley’s rise and fall, including the American Medical Association’s dogged efforts to expose him as a quack and a climactic 1939 libel trial that proved to be his downfall.

From National Geographic • Jul. 15, 2016

Lane recently made the documentary film Nuts! about Dr John Romulus Brinkley, an eccentric who built an empire up during the Depression era with an impotence cure.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2016

"Nuts!" cries the fearless leader, his eyes as wide as a flying saucer.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Related Words

• batty
• insane
• mad
• nutty