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nuts

American  
[nuhts] / nʌts /

interjection

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

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

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plural noun

  1. a slang word for testicles See testicle

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Etymology

Origin of nuts

First recorded in 1900–05; plural of nut

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