nutcase
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nutcase
First recorded in 1955–60; nut ( def. ) + case 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday multiple news outlets revealed the purported headliner of "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" to be none other than Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's trusted lawyer and cable news's favorite nutcase.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2020
Mia is a sweet girl, but her mother is a nutcase.
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2019
He’s not doing the wild and crazy, wacky nutcase, he’s doing this kind of Bogart, gumshoe thing.
From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2016
I love Littlefinger and Sansa, call me a nutcase, and I still don’t understand why she didn’t tell Jon Snow about this maneuver she’d cooked up.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 20, 2016
Hillari glared at the speaker, then continued, “—some nutcase who stirs things up, then maybe all the little students will go to a game once in a while or join a club.”
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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