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

In Kerala's cashew industry, which mostly imports raw nuts from Africa, the impact has been acute.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

“Most of these advertisers have children and teenagers and they go nuts for them,” Coe said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

I joyfully practice “urban foraging,” picking blackberries in the Presidio, collecting rosemary and ginkgo nuts under street trees, harvesting apples at the invitation of the trees’ vacationing owners.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

For instance, Chinese consumers are buying far more coffee and nuts than they did 20 years ago.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

One day I was sitting on the ground while they fed on palm nuts high up in the branches of an oil palm tree.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Related Words

• batty
• insane
• mad
• nutty